Her Dog Henry - You Don't Have to Do This Lyrics

Staring out the motel window
At the Home Depot parking lot
There under the sodium lights
I see everything that I'm not
Dumpsters shine in the midnight glow
Horizon stretches to the next big box
The ranks of white paving lines
Mark a landscape I thought I forgot

I turn to you, you turn to me
You say, "This is what could be"
I take your hand, we share a kiss
And I say, "You don't have to do this"

Gazing out of a big airliner
Trees cover what's down below
From my perch I search for signs of
Something I think I might know
Village greens and hidden dreams
Secret lives will start to grow
I close the shade and I look away
From a life I left so long ago

I turn to you, you turn to me
You say, "This is what could be"
I take your hand, we share a kiss
And I say, "You don't have to do this"

You don't have to do this
There's nothing you will miss
You don't have to do this
There's another path to bliss

From the cul-de-sac to the megamall
The avenues are long and wide
Arby's, Wendy's, Frosty-Freeze
Chik-Fil-A, Tasty-Dee-Light
Applebees and Chuck-E-Cheese
The beltway sews it all up tight
Tires pound a steady beat
On the pavement, I catch a fright
By the headlights flashin' on the bedroom wall
I could see if I could open my eyes

I turn to you, you turn to me
You say, "This is what could be"
I take your hand, we share a kiss
And I say, "You don't have to do this"