Two Houses Down

Two houses down on the cul-de-sac

I bring you mail that ended up in my box
You thank me like a neighbor, then you check the lock
We talk about the weather and the school bus line
And I go home and stare at nothing for a long time
Barbecue in June and you were at the grill
I brought potato salad and you gave me a chill
Everybody laughing on the lawn chairs out back
And we didn't look at each other, not once, not that

And we both got kids
And we both got dogs
And we both got a mortgage
And a secret in the fog

Two houses down on the cul-de-sac
You wave at me when you take the trash
Your wife is nice, my husband's back
Two houses down on the cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac
Oh, cul-de-sac

I see your kitchen light on at two a.m.
I see you standing there like you're waiting on them
I stand in my garage like I'm fixing a tire
I've been fixing that tire since the Fourth of July
Nobody knows, and nobody will
We're just two neighbors on the same old hill
And I'll mow the lawn, and you'll water your roses
And we'll keep it all behind the doors that are closing

And we both got kids
And we both got dogs
And we both got a mortgage
And a secret in the fog

Two houses down on the cul-de-sac
You wave at me when you take the trash
Your wife is nice, my husband's back
Two houses down on the cul-de-sac

It's only a couple weeks
Of looking too long
It's only a summer
It's only a song
It's only a summer
It's only a song
It's only a cul-de-sac
Nothing's wrong

Two houses down on the cul-de-sac
You wave at me when you take the trash
Your wife is nice, my husband's back
Two houses down on the cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

Oh, cul-de-sac