[Verse 1}
The truck that he drives around is custom-painted on the drivers side
He keeps it cleaner than clean and pays a guy to wax the underparts
She eats her dinner in bed and watches local news to fall asleep
He's on the road for a week or two and he calls at dinnertime

[Verse 2]
The truck got busted up good, a three-car accident he didn't cause
And with the rig in the shop he got a break he didn't ask for
They eat their dinner in bed and watch the local news to fall asleep
She got so good at the lonely parts it was hard for her to start again

[Chorus]
But maybe in the night, when he turns out the light, everything is okay
Don't they hear alarms? She's folding up her arms, he's turning away
Learning days are done, the living has begun, she's getting sadder
Everything they said lying in the bed, it doesn't matter

[Verse 3]
The TV's broken again, static on the screen
And when he's back on the road the house is getting cleaned
She leaves her dinner in bed to walk around the house and look for him
She didn't notice that he was gone, so she throws his dinner out

[Chorus]
But maybe in the night, when he turns out the light, everything is okay
Don't they hear alarms? She's folding up her arms, he's turning away
Learning days are done, the living has begun, she's getting sadder
Everything they said lying in the bed, it doesn't matter
[Bridge}
All the cats have names but none are near enough to sound the same
And I can sleep better when you're gone she whispered lightly to the dawn