Slipping Husband lyrics

Sit down, dear, we gotta talk, you're acting like a kid

We don't wanna hear about the things you never did

You could have 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 have 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

Cause sooner than you know you're 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

Sooner than you know you're gonna start, slipping

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

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, oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh baby)

• Artist:The National
• Album:Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers