We got married early and just a little bit late   Baby came too early but some things just can't wait   We were just beginning but it was very clear   We grew up a little bit that year      I caught on as a meter man, you were caught at home   When I started night school, you ended up alone   But you had another baby while I had my career   And we grew up a little bit, we grew up a little bit   We grew up a little bit that year      They put me in an office job, a young man on the move   We bought a house in Shaker Heights, you supervised the move   We were cashing checks, you were changing children   While I played engineer and we were growing ever faster every year      I got bored of kilowatts, you were tired of kids   I started staying out at night and soon that's what you did   At parties we'd go separately, you'd wiggle and I'd leer   And we were growing faster, we were growing ever faster   We were growing ever faster every year      You learned to live in silence, I learned to live in lies   And we both ignored the empty spaces growing in our eyes   Your breath became a gin and tonic, mine became a beer   And we grew up a little more last year      Today at work they passed me by and promoted John instead   I came home to find you'd wrecked the car, I guess I lost my head   Well, I can't believe I hit you but the rage came on so strong   Ah, where did we go wrong?      As you sit there crying, I wonder who you are   The partner, stranger, friend and foe who's come with me this far   We stand here in the ashes and I guess it is quite clear   We did not really grow too much each year      So you say we're going nowhere, well I know that's where we've been   Still I can't help wondering, can we begin again?   I feel so full of questions curiosity and fear   But could we grow a little bit? Could we grow a little bit?   Can we grow a little bit this year?