Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment lyrics

Words & music by steven page & ed robertson<br><br>Broke into the old apartment<br>This is where we used to live<br>Broken glass, broke and hungry<br>Broken hearts and broken bones<br>This is where we used to live<br><br>Why did you paint the walls? <br>Why did you clean the floor? <br>Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door? <br>This is where we used to live<br><br>Why did you keep the mousetrap? <br>Why did you keep the dishrack? <br>These things used to be mine<br>I guess they still are, I want them back<br><br>Broke into the old apartment<br>Forty-two stairs from the street<br>Crooked landing, crooked landlord<br>Narrow laneway filled with crooks.<br>This is where we used to live.<br><br>Why did they pave the lawn? <br>Why did they change the locks? <br>Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk<br>This is where we used to live<br><br>How is the neighbor downstairs? <br>How is her temper this year? <br>I turned up your tv and stomped on the floor just for fun<br>I know we don't live here anymore<br>We bought an old house on the danforth<br>She loves me and her body keeps me warm<br>I'm happy here<br>But this is where we used to live<br><br>Broke into the old apartment<br>Tore the phone out of the wall<br>Only memories, fading memories<br>Blending into dull tableaux<br><br>I want them back<br>I want them back