Alone

by Madeleine Froncek

I don’t want to move you any which way

The kettle didn’t call and the kids didn’t stay

The house fell down and the ants moved in

Someone pulled a plug that sank this ship

I don’t want to be the one you call

In the middle of the night, living in your car

Mad at your stomach and mad at me

Scared out of living but afraid to be

Home, alone, in the house at night

I’ll leave on all the lights

Well, I guess I got sad when she left town

But you got mad and pulled a shotgun out

Shooting at the sky, guilty with its stars

Now I’m out with a bucket to catch what falls down

I don’t want to give you any advice

But your fear of falling won’t stop this flight

Mad at yourself for being mad at me

Scared out of living but afraid to be

Home, alone, in the house at night

I’ll leave on all the lights

Time dropped the leaves like it always does

But this far south, the weather won’t come

And you left Texas on your own two feet

Left a letter in the kitchen addressed to me

Saying I left home, alone, I left the house tonight

And it’s not about you, I’m just mad a life

But don’t wake up, you don’t need to leave on the lights

Thanks for trying, but I’ll live my life alone