We are friends in a sleeping bag
Splitting the heat
We have one filthy pillow to share
And your lips are in my hair

Someone upstairs has a rap that we laugh at
And people are drinking and singing
The scarborough fair
On a ukelele dare

Exhibit B
"Well we found an apartment
It's not much to look at
A futon on the floor
Dirty desktop for a door
All the decors made of milk crates and duct tape
And if we have sex
They can hear us through the floor
But we don't do that anymore"

And I lay there wondering what is the matter
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
You took the blanket so I took the bed sheet
And I would have held you if you'd only let me

Exhibit C
"Look how quaint and how quiet and private
Our pay checks have bought us
A condo in town
It's the nicest flat around"

You picked a mattress and had it delivered
And I walked upstairs
And the sight of it made my heart pound
And I wrapped my arms around me

And I lay there wondering what is the matter
Is this a matter of worse or of better
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
And I would still love you if you wanted a lover

And you said
"All the money in the world
Won't buy a bed so big and wide
To guarantee that you won't accidentally
Touch me in the night"

Then I said
"You must be right"

Exhibit D
"Now we are both mostly paralyzed
Don't know how long
We've been lying here in fear
Too afraid to even feel"

I find my glasses and you turn the light out
Roll off on your side
Like you've rolled away for years
Holding back those king-sized tears

And I still don't ask you what is the matter
Is it a matter of worse or of better?
You take the heart-failure, I'll take the cancer
I've long since stopped wondering why you don't answer

Exhibit E
"You can certainly see
How fulfilling a life from the cost
And size of stone
Of our final resting home"

We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
You and me lying the
Only way we know
Side by side and still and cold

And I finally ask you what was the matter
Was this a matter of worse or of better?
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
And said

"I would have told you if you'd only asked me
If you'd only asked me
If you'd only asked me"