Miss warning and mister caution

Quarreling in the morning cottage

About books they bid on at the local auctions

Whether or not the other knows what the plot is

The alarm goes off at six with the covers they use

Mister's unemployed and the other's recluse

Waiting for the asteroid he says what's the use

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Waiting for the asteroid...

Waiting for the asteroid...

Aware of the repairs he's supposed to do

Scared to tell the wife that he has no clue

About screwdrivers or wrenches

And how to build benches the fences

He clenches fists in frustration

Because he's losing his patience

At the long lengths it takes him

To build or rail

Hammer in a nail

His tailor suited him for failure

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Tired of her premonitions of danger

He measures and plans and tinkers in anger

Running in her room to show his invention

Tripping through the door with proud intentions

Falling to the floor it sparks and smashes

Suddenly they stand facing smoldering ashes

Miss warning and mister caution

Together by their burning cottage

With all of the neighbors watching

They see that they've been holding each other hostage

Doesn't matter who's the fault is

Things are gonna change regardless

Miss warning and mister caution

Together by their burning cottage