To Build a Fire Lyrics

My babe's a tax attorney

She's gonna take our money home

Bright-eyed and wryly funny

Gets out of bed a bit too slow

She's a ghost

I see her embers burning

Her Claddagh ring reflects the glow

But I never learned to build a fire

I waited in line until the time arose

And now that I'm cold in her desire

I'm struggling to find the nerve to take her home

'Cause I won't

Guess she's better on her own

First dates are far too clumsy

First nights have far too much cologne

First kisses feel too empty

First fights romanticize the blow

It's not that I'm not lonely

It's just I'm too alone to know

But I never learned to build a fire

I painted the sky in poor man's Shakespeare quotes

And she looked and said "I'm just too tired."

You don't need to hide your thoughts, I get the note

'Cause I know

Guess I'm better on my own

It's not that I'm not lonely

It's just I'm too alone to know

Yeah, well I never learned to build a fire

I waited a life and now I'd like to know

I'm staring into my final hour

The light of the sparks won't save me in the cold

If you never learn to build a fire

Then how do you get a chance to build a home?

Guess you don't

I'll be better on my own