They met at a bar That Tuesday with friends Wasn't nothing special 'bout it But that's where it all begins Lookin' in his eyes felt like she was home Woke up the next morning right there in his arms She always thought that she'd end up alone But that word don't work no more They bought a little house Where the porch never ends Flag there in the front yard Dog inside the fence He's two months in to a new job on the shore She's two weeks late crying on the bathroom floor Way up there God's laughing at their plans But that word don't work no more No more She burns the casserole The kids have made a mess He ain't stuck in traffic No, he's out with the boys again He stumbles in half drunk, quarter after 4 Drops his keys a couple times, slams the old front door Stands in the kitchen asking for forgiveness But that word don't work no more No more saying "I'm sorry" No more "Baby don't go" We use the words too many times they lose their meaning, lose their rhymes On this long and crooked road They sit cross the table, couple papers to sign Hashing out Saturdays and who gets Christmas time He'll get an apartment above the liquor store They'll never get back to the way they were before They'll walk out to the parking lot together But that word don't work no more