It sure gets quiet

When the kids go to bed

We sit here in the silence

Putting off what must be said



I read a book you watch T.V.

As our love dies quietly

I'm so sad

I don't know what I've just read



Somebody should leave

But which one should it be

You need the kids

And they need me



Somebody should leave

But we hate to give in

We keep hopin somehow

We might need each other again



You say goodnight

And turn and face the wall

We lie here in the darkness

And the tears start to fall



If it as only you and me

Goodbye might come more easily

But what about

Those babies down the hall



Somebody should leave

But which one should it be

You need the kids

And they need me



Somebody should leave

Though we hate to give in

We just keep hoping somehow

We might need each other again



Somebody should leave

But we hate to give in

We just keep hoping

We might need each other again