Let Me Have a Bad Day

Let me have a bad day

Come and sit with me

My keys are somewhere in the coat I haven't taken off
You've warmed the food and asked me what went wrong
I say I don't know where to start explaining
You ask if we're still getting along
I see you searching through the things you said this morning
Trying to find the place you might have failed
You haven't got to stand there taking all the blame
The day went wrong before I saw your face

Let me have a bad day
Without calling it a bad life
You don't have to make me say I'm alright
You can sit here till the words come out right

On Thursday you came home and hardly spoke at all
I started asking questions like a test
You said, Remember what you asked me on the sofa
I stopped and let your shoulders find some rest
We watched that stupid show you say you never follow
You knew the names before I even did
You laughed once at a joke I didn't think was funny
I didn't ask you what the laughter meant

Let me have a bad day
Without calling it a bad life
You don't have to make me say I'm alright
You can sit here till the words come out right

I want to be the one who makes it better
Sometimes that makes me harder to be near
Tonight I'll let you tell me what you need
And trust you when the answer is just here

Let me have a bad day
Without calling it a bad life
You don't have to make me say I'm alright
You can sit here till the words come out right

Let me have a bad day
I'll leave a little room for yours
The dinner's cold; we eat it anyway
You ask me if I want one episode more