Pauline (Live) Lyrics

Last night Riley asked if I was pregnant

Cause I've been acting weird

And throwing up a lot

I laughed when I told her that that I wasn't

But I guess I understand

What she had thought

I'm not sure what it means to be a mother

I don't know if we will stay together

But this is not an elegy

This chorus is a memory

Maybe, if we had a baby

We could name her Pauline

I'll comb her hair in the bath and towel dry clean

We'll tuck her in to bed at eight

And when she asks to stay up late

We'll compromise on eight-fifteen

Maybe

Our baby Pauline

A score ago, when my mom was pregnant

(Ooh pregnant, my mom was pregnant)

She shopped for names in cemeteries

(Why would you name your kid after a dead guy?)

If I ever find that I'm expectant

I doubt a name will come as morbidly

I don't know if I want to be a mother

I don't know if we will stay together

But this is not an elegy

This chorus is a memory

Maybe, if we had a baby

We could name her Pauline

I'll comb her hair in the bath and towel dry clean

We'll tuck her in to bed at eight

And when she asks to stay up late

We'll compromise on eight-fifteen

Maybe

Our baby Pauline

I love you

That's not about to change

Even if Pauline's parents never get her made

I love you

That's not about to change

Even if Pauline's parents need the space

I love you

That's not about to change

Even if Pauline's parents never get her, never get her

Woah

Maybe, if we had a baby

We could name her Pauline

I'll comb her hair in the bath and towel dry clean

We'll tuck her in to bed at eight

And when she asks to stay up late

We'll compromise on eight-fifteen

Maybe

Our baby Pauline