37
«don’t break your back for me,» she said
17
Without hesitation
28
All these things we don’t need, and
1b
Two saved up vacations
5
29
Well don’t you recall mornings spent
1a
Half naked in a fray?
18
Fighting over money
1e
Wishing we could run away
5
b
Chorus
37
(from) washing saturdays and ironing tuesdays (x2)
5
27
Once we had just one room to share
19
But now we have many
25
But i’ll work just as hard as if
17
We didn’t have any
5
25
Well i’d relive the blunders and
1c
Mistakes that i’ve made
28
And sacrifice the precious, useless
1a
Money that i’ve saved
5
11
Chorus (for)
5
25
I could have given up hope (and)
21
We could have split up (but)
20
Boxes of laundry soap (and)
18
Babies that spit up
15
Kept us together
5
22
All of these luxuries we have
1c
They’re just ornamental
24
And whether we have them or not
2a
We can still afford to be sentimental
5
30
’bout times that try us, times that make us
19
Work just to survive
25
Ties that bind us, and remind us
1b
That we’re still alive
5
12
Repeat chorus
5
4