Tumbledown

Then we lived in a tumbledown

In the lower part of threadbare town

And the traffic out seventh street

Ran in circles all around our sleep

Then you always had a little cough

Pieces of the walls were falling off

And I needed so much time to think

I left the dishes sitting in the sink

In the house down at the turnaround

We never turned the music down

And all the noise inside my head

And I couldn't hear a word you said

Someone called and called us on the phone

You said just pretend we're not at home

And the lights were burning all night long

The floor was full and hard to walk upon

In the house down at the turnaround

We never turned the music down

And all the noise inside my head

And I couldn't hear a word you said

On a dead-end street with a one-way sign

And your headlights headed straight for mine

And all the noise inside my head

And I couldn't hear a word you said

Then we were crying constantly

Then we laughed and laughed uproariously

And we heard a constant rushing sound

Trains were rattling underground

In the house down at the turnaround

We never turned the music down

And all the noise inside my head

And I couldn't hear a word you said