Slipping Husband - The National

Sit down dear we gotta talk

You’re acting like a kid

We don’t wanna hear about

The things you never did

You could have been a legend

But you became a father

That’s what you are today

That’s what you are today

Spending all your time

Somewhere inside your head

Haunted by the important

Life you could have lead

But your kisses aren’t enough

To keep your kids in line

So you better straighten out yourself

And give your baby time

Cause if you don’t give her what she needs

She’ll get it where she can

She’s lonely man

Don’t, don’t leave yourself alone for too many days

Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

You’ll end up talking to the ghost

Of your wife as if you knew her

Your eyes will put her everywhere

And spending all your time

Somewhere inside your head

Haunted by the important

Life you could have lead

You’ll fuck yourself to clear your head

You’ll close your door and go to bed

You’ll try to sleep without a dream

Cause that’s where she finds you

Yeah that’s where she finds you

Don’t leave yourself alone for too many days

Cause sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

Dear we better get a drink in you

Before you start to bore us Dear we better get a drink in you

Before you start to bore us Dear we better get a drink in you

Before you start to bore us Dear we better get a drink in you

Before you start to bore us Don’t forget the alcohol oooh baby oooh baby