The National - Slipping Husband lyrics

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, cause she's lonely, man
Don't, don't leave yourself alone
For too many days cause sooner than you know
You're 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've 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
Sooner than you know you're gonna start
Slipping

(yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

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, oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh baby)