my parents’ house

When I come up in conversation

Am I still the subject you're changing

Does my name taste sweet or bitter to you now

When you looked up back of your mind

For the day that I left for the last time

As it all too easy for you to see

Cause I bury the hatchets

But watch them come back

A perennial problem that nobody asked for

I'm sorry for haunting the town that you Have to call home

But when you're driving past my parents' house

Are you wondering what I'm doing now

Have you tried to put the past away

Or do you still take the long way

Past my parents 'house

Are you speeding by or slowing down

Have you finally left the past alone

Or do you still take the long way home

When you hear between the lines 'Now

Are you turning the radio way down

Does it hit you just a little too close to home

Cause I bury the hatchets

But watch them come back

A perennial problem

That nobody asked for

I'm sorry for haunting

The streets that you have to still roam

But when you're driving past my parents 'house

Are you wondering what I'm doing now

Have you tried to put the past away

Or do you still take the long way

Past my parents 'house

Are you speeding by or slowing down

Have you finally left the past alone

Or do you still take the long way home