Marbles

Love, you make me lose my marbles

We were on the up and up

The front door painted red

We collected marbles in a jar under the bed

We played our forty-fives

My mom warmed up to you

We were young and shooting marbles

Well, soon enough the times go tough, and we weren't making sand

Each and every shiny pearl kept rolling out of hand

So the times were getting tough, but we were getting tougher

And if I have you, then who needs marbles?

You move me

Oh, you move me

I swear I'll bring home thirty more and be your better man

I'll clean up good and sell the show and hold onto my band

Well, I bought you the new suit, and I figured wool would last

You dirtied it while shooting marbles

I bought us a piano so our kids would grow up smart

And dig up all the songs we wrote back when we had the heart

Oh, the ivory will chip

The strings will surely rust

Your kids will know the difference from the lyrics in the dust

You'll love me in ways nothing else me

You'll love me

Stay even when the last one goes

Will you stay around for when the marbles roll?

Stay, stay, stay, will you stay even when the last one goes?

Cause that's real love

Picking up your marbles rolled

I will stay, stay, stay

Lover I believe you, but you've got the upper hand

You push and pull and break my heart just because you can

Real love, even when the marbles roll

You'll love me