Ritual Lyrics

Wake with a cup of coffee

Light a cigarette

The sun is shining through that window

The doctor calls collect

The postman is at the door

Banging on the wood just the way he should

I cannot hear his knocking

A letter from a lover would do me good

You don't like what we stand for

Turn up your nose at the way we love

You don't care what we stand for

Turn up your nose at the way we love

We don't need your ritual

We've heard it all before

We are individuals

We've heard it all before

Kelly Anne is a physical therapist

And her husband left her for the piano

She pushes on past the postman

Runs up them stairs and through my door

We can work it out at my kitchen table

Tonight we're gonna dance under the stars

I don't tell stories

Nor care for fables

Because a kiss can leave a permanent scar

You don't like what we stand for

Turn up your nose at the way we love

You don't care what we stand for

Turn up your nose at the way we love

We don't need your ritual

We've heard it all before

We are individuals

We've heard it all before

We don't need your ritual

We are individuals

We don't need your ritual

We've heard it all before

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your blue eyes

Staring back at me

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your green eyes

Staring back at me

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your brown eyes

Staring back at me

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your blue eyes

Staring back at me

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your green eyes

Staring back at me

I said I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your brown eyes

Staring back at me

I said I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your blue eyes

Staring back at me

I wake with a cup of coffee

I wind down with a cup of tea

And I turn over to your green eyes

Staring back at me and

We don't need your ritual

We've heard it all before