I was a dime a dozen
She was everything I wasn't
We were 'bout as sturdy as a house on stilts
Creaking, groaning in the wind
Somehow standing in the end
Baby that's the house we built

But something wasn't right
She would lie awake at night
Eyes keep drifting toward the door
I guess I couldn't blame her
I knew I'd never tame her
Don't know what she stayed here for

That's when I heard the buzzing of the highway
Gravel in the driveway
Footsteps coming up the stairs
Someone cut the power
The milk is going sour
Why'd I have to find you there

I saw a mirror and a dollar
Lipstick on a collar
Ashtray tipped over on the floor
I been watching from the shadows
Everywhere that bad goes
But bad don't live here anymore

It's like I bit a bad tomato
I'm a cow in a tornado
Sick and seeing red and spinning round and round
No there's no coming back from this
My train is off the track from this
But I couldn't stand to hear another sound

It's just that sometimes I forget myself
But now I must collect myself
Just get into the car and drive and drive
Don't know if you deserve this
I wouldn't call it justice
And I don't understand just why

I saw a mirror and a dollar
Lipstick on a collar
Ashtray tipped over on the floor
I been watching from the shadows
Everywhere that bad goes
But bad don't live here anymore

Well they were waiting at the border
At least now there's some order to my days
Quiet to my nights
I had you then I lost
Think of what that cost you
Every time that I turn out the lights

Because I see you in my dreams
Don't know what that means
Don't know why you'd visit me at all
The house on stilts has fallen
But those deepest blues keep calling
And I just can't resist that call

I saw a mirror and a dollar
Lipstick on a collar
Ashtray tipped over on the floor
I been watching from the shadows
Anywhere that bad goes
But bad don't live here anymore

I saw a mirror and a dollar
Lipstick on a collar
Ashtray tipped over on the floor
I been watching from the shadows
Everywhere that bad goes
But bad don't live here anymore
No bad don't live here anymore
Bad don't live here anymore
Bad don't live here anymore