Lyrics
I don't come around during waking hours
I avoid being present during normal waking hours.
To see a dog like you
Referring to someone as a lowly or undesirable person.
You'd do everything in your power
The person being addressed strives to always appear new and fresh.
To always stay brand new
They go to great lengths to maintain a new image.
You ain't worth my worries
The addressed person is not worth the speaker's worries.
You ain't worth my tears
The addressed person is not worth the speaker's tears.
It's like being stuck in a doghouse hangin' round here
The speaker feels trapped or confined, like being in a difficult situation (doghouse).
There's those with futures and those with pasts
People are categorized into those with promising futures and those with troubled pasts.
And can the tables turn your way
The possibility of circumstances changing in favor of the addressed person.
You're ticking down time 'til your husband asks
The addressed person is wasting time until questioned by their spouse.
Why you lay around all day
Questioning why the person spends their day idly.
You ain't worth every penny
The speaker doesn't value the addressed person monetarily.
That I ain't got
The speaker lacks the resources to invest in the addressed person.
So stick around and enjoy the mess you've wrought
Encouraging the addressed person to stay and face the consequences of their actions.
I don't wanna waste my time on the firing line
Avoiding wasting time in a precarious situation.
Waiting for the other foot to fall
Fear of a negative event happening soon.
I tell you honey my only crime
The speaker's only fault is communicating with the addressed person.
Was talking to you through the walls
Acknowledging a conversation with the addressed person.
I don't come around during waking hours
Reiterating the avoidance of being present during waking hours.
I don't come around at all these days
The speaker rarely visits these days.
You can call me a thief, you can call me a coward
The speaker can be labeled a thief or coward by the addressed person.
I knew well enough to get away
The speaker had the wisdom to distance themselves from the addressed person.
You ain't worth my worries
Reiterating that the addressed person is not worth the speaker's worries.
You ain't worth my tears
Reiterating that the addressed person is not worth the speaker's tears.
There's no farewells when you know you won't see me for a couple of years
No formal goodbyes because the speaker will be absent for a while.
I gotta run
The speaker needs to leave.
Cause the day's drawin' near
The departure is imminent.
It's like being stuck in a doghouse hangin' round here
Feeling confined or trapped, similar to being in a doghouse.
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