House Beside

I\'ve been following

Snakes in the garden

All the way back to their holes

Maybe I\'m jealous of

The way they shed their skin

Just to begin again

I\'ve spent half my life in that garden

Still I don\'t know what\'s perennial

Or what\'s just starting to grow

I wanna buy that house beside

the one next to

the one beside the one next to

the one beside the one next door to

the one behind the house that Prince grew up in

If being close to greatness makes me feel less temporary

She\'s been studying

Cracks in the system

The space between the leaves

She finds it unsettling

That chaos always wins

What nature got up her sleeves

I\'ve been building towns between cities

Worried that she\'s not gonna miss me

Since local news ain\'t relevant no more

I wanna buy that house beside

the one next to

the one beside the one next to

the one beside the one next door to

the one behind the house they wrote Jolene in

the landlord don\'t like female singers

but he gets to charge extra for rent

There\'s only one winner at a time

Competitive men will never be fine with the realness of being

Alone

I wanna buy that house beside

the one next to

the one beside the one next to

the one beside the one next door to

the one behind

the place where we\'re together