This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Sit down dear we gotta talk
You're acting like a kid
We don't want to hear about
The things you never did
You could've been a legend
But you became a father
That's what you are today
That's what you are today
Spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you could've lead
But your kisses aren't enough
To keep your kids in line
So you better straighten out yourself
And give your baby time
'Cause if you don't give her what she needs
She'll get it where she can
'Cause she's lonely man
Don't. don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
You'll end up talking to the ghost
Of your wife as if you knew her
Your eyes will put her everywhere
And spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you could've lead
You'll fuck yourself to clear your head
You'll close your door and go to bed
You'll try to sleep without a dream
'Cause that's where she finds you
Yeah, that's where she finds you
Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
'Cause sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
"Don't forget the alcohol ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby"
You're acting like a kid
We don't want to hear about
The things you never did
You could've been a legend
But you became a father
That's what you are today
That's what you are today
Spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you could've lead
But your kisses aren't enough
To keep your kids in line
So you better straighten out yourself
And give your baby time
'Cause if you don't give her what she needs
She'll get it where she can
'Cause she's lonely man
Don't. don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
You'll end up talking to the ghost
Of your wife as if you knew her
Your eyes will put her everywhere
And spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you could've lead
You'll fuck yourself to clear your head
You'll close your door and go to bed
You'll try to sleep without a dream
'Cause that's where she finds you
Yeah, that's where she finds you
Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
'Cause sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
"Don't forget the alcohol ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby"
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Slipping Husband Lyrics as written by Bryan Devendorf Aaron Dessner
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