[Verse 1]
Just another town, another house
Boarded up, foreclosure sign
Once this town, this house
And you were mine
A rusted latch on a backyard fence
A swing set swallowed up in weeds
Growin' up some back-porch steps

[Chorus]
If I could only be your lover
I'd never covet any other

[Verse 2]
Mornin' coffee, wake the kids
Kitchen warms to the day
This morning, this moment
No different in any way
The evening, a small picnic 'neath summer trees
Everything so quiet you'd never notice
You're holding a dream

[Chorus]
If I could only be your lover
I'd never covet any other
[Verse 3]
The work dries up, it'll be okay
The end's a voice on the phone
From some office a million miles away

[Chorus]
If I could only be your lover
I'd never covet any other

[Verse 4]
That summer, your hair
Had grown so long
You'd pull it back in a bun
And you'd sing a song
A song that'd set this house alight
Then slip 'cross my heart
And on out into the night

[Chorus]
If I could only be your lover
I'd never covet any other
If I could only be your lover
I'd never covet any other

[Instrumental Outro]