Monogamy - Intellectual

We picked out a house

We picked out a bed

We picked out a pup from the kennel and started life in full

We hung some pictures on the walls

Our nearest, dearest friends

We don't see much of them

Most nights we been staying in

Practicing the monogamy

Friday nights in autumn

Dressed in fleece for high school football

Some of our friends have sons and daughters at St. Pius

The Hannelly's already have four

Our bedrooms been less than intimate

So, I've been taking longer showers

We sleep different hours

And the weekends you're so tired

Now it's birthdays and anniversaries

Monogamy

We both have regrets

Those roads we never drove

But it's pointless to dwell in the what ifs

I mean what if we had never met?

At least there's a mortgage over our heads

No, no, no. A roof's what I meant to say

So, we're stuck in a few ruts

My independence is all but shrivelled up

I guess that's just the price we pay

For monogamy

Monogamy

I tighten my tie

I zip up your dress

I check the invitation on the fridge

"Come celebrate with Tom and Kate

Ten years of wedded bliss"

Tom meets us at the door and takes our coats

Kate stays in the kitchen

I begin to say hello

She stopped in on the telephone

How do we keep up this charade?

Monogamy