There's no talk of future plans 
There's no romance 
There's no good reason we should be in love 
So I've been making shit up 
We're even sleeping in different beds 
Different schedules 
But that's the best excuse you came up with 
Good enough that it still sticks 

Still, I'm not tired of you holding out 
Theres nothing better to come along 
I'm not tired of being let down 
I'm tired of playing dumb 

There's no talk of the way you've been 
Though the evidence is creeping between 
Into our happy home 
I hardly notice anymore 
Matchbooks from the other side of town 
His long aching looks 
It's in other people's yards 
But that can't be what you want 

I'm not tired of you coming home too late 
But when you don't come home at all I can handle being alone 

I'm just tired of playing dumb 
I'm tired of playing dumb 
I'm tired of playing dumb 

There's no talk of how I am 
I'm not complaining 
But maybe a few kind words once in a while . . . .