Story Behind The Song
Story? Ha! Tons of 'em.
Song Description
Just another break-up song with a swing beat and a little humor along the way.
| Song Length |
2:30 |
Genre |
Country - Rockabilly, Country - Honky Tonk |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Composed |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Relationship |
| Similar Artists |
Amy Grant, The Judds |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Check Your Local Listings (N. Ball/T. Saputo)
My heart's a pile of questions
and you're stuck for answers too.
We've both been at this crossroads
where the red-hot fades to blue.
Round up the usual suspects:
Boredom, Jealousy and Hate.
We'll question them together
or just pin it all on Fate.
Chorus:
Check your local listings.
This love's on borrowed time.
Our passion's underwater
and there's static on the line.
The sparks have stopped their flyin'
and the good times up and went.
Seems our slice of heaven went to hell
--and stuck us for the rent.
We could just play the blame-game:
it's my dog, your gay friend Paul.
But why go breaking dishes
when the writing's on the wall?
I'd rather play Houdini
and slip out without a trace.
You can close out the account
['cause] all I want is open space
Chorus:
Check your local listings...
c Norman Ball, 2003