Lyrics
Bachelor’s Button
Lyrics copyright 2022 Scott Lake
Verse
I can’t live here anymore
In three days they change out the lock on the door.
9 years I’ve lived in this room on my own.
4 with a dog. 5 all alone.
Security deposit was steep way back when
If it’s not spotless I lose it and then
have nothing for room and board at the inn
Jesus and Mary. A modern Bedouin
Pre Chorus
Grab a few boxes from the alley below.
Hope to find some that aren’t wet from the snow.
I’m not in the mood for this, how low can I go?
Chorus
So I sweep and vacuum and pack
Take out the trash to the bin at the back
Pull my dresser away from the wall
There is that button not lost after all!
Verse
Just one choice, just one big mistake
How many kicks to the groin does it take?
To drive a man down where he’s not been before
To turn into a wall, which once was a door?
Chorus
So I sweep and vacuum and pack
Take out the trash to the bin at the back
Pull my dresser away from the wall
There is that button. Not lost after all!
Bridge
Locked the last box in the trunk of the car
Here’s Mrs. Chen, something blue in her hand.
“For good luck. Good luck near and afar.
A Bachelor’s Button from Chen’s Flower Stand.”
Post Chorus
I swept and I vacuumed and spot shined the place.
Deposit in pocket and smile on my face.
Bachelor’s button pinned to my lapel,
On to my next place, my next place to dwell.