Pay No Rent

I hear the clicking of the dominoes

You shaking up a game

And if we lose a hand

I bet I'll know just who's to blame

But if we hear "twenty-one"

If we make that call

I bet I'll sit here in my chair

Just feeling ten feet tall

And we're caught up in the riff-raff

Circling 'round the sun

It takes a whole lot of blood and tears

Just to really love someone

But when it comes back around

That's heaven on Earth

You never know till the end, my friend

What your love is really worth

Are you cracking jokes with the common folks?

Are you serving to the well-to-do?

I've traveled 'round and I ain't found nobody quite like you

And is all this living meant to be, or a happy accident?

Well, in my heart, you pay no rent

Well, in my heart, you pay no rent

I hear the crackle of a campfire

You're howlin' at the moon

We all know that you gotta go

But does it have to be so soon?

Bet somebody's yelling "last call"

I hope you get some rest

Hope you found everything that you wanted

In the place you love the best

Are you cracking jokes with the common folks?

Are you serving to the well-to-do?

Well, I've traveled 'round and I ain't found nobody quite like you

And is all this living meant to be, or a happy accident?

Well, in my heart, you pay no rent

Well, in my heart, you pay no rent

Now we're shaking up the dominoes

Beneath the neon light

Knowing anybody else out there

Couldn't put up a better fight

But the fighting time's over

It's all gone

You pick up the pieces

And we try to carry on

Are you cracking jokes with the common folks?

Are you serving to the well-to-do?

Well, I've traveled 'round and I ain't found nobody quite like you

And is all this living meant to be, or a happy accident?

Well, in my heart, you pay no rent

Don't cost you nothing, not a single cent

Time together was time well spent

In my heart, you pay no rent

In my heart, you pay no rent