So Close

She gets in from work, takes off her coat

Sits down hard and lights a smoke

And slips off her shoes

And she's thinkin' just how nice it'd be

To have someone to rub her feet, and just talk to

Her mamma, she don't understand

Why she can't seem to find a man

She says, "Are you even tryin'?"

But it's true what they say about good men

They're either gay, married, or just wanna be friends

Makes a girl feel like crying

Jaded, tired, and sick of the whole damn thing

It just seems cruel to think that she might be

So close

Just three doors down and one floor up

He pours some wine in a coffee cup

And turns the TV on

He tells himself it could be worse

He's got his friends and he's got his work

It ain't so bad alone

But his younger brother's done got kids

A dog, a cat, and a privacy fence

And a pretty wife and bed with matching sheets

And the kids call him uncle, and he's glad they do

But it always hurts just a little bit too

'Cause lately he's afraid that's all he'll ever be

Jaded, tired, and sick of the whole damn thing

It just seems cruel to think that he might be

So close

The elevator stops, and they both get on

But she's fumbling in her purse

And he's on his phone

And their eyes never even meet

And it's sad to think they look so hard

And it's all right there in that elevator car

Umph, the irony

So close