On This Side

We were living in a tree house, in the middle of the burbs
We’ve got two kids now, he says he wants a third
Well, I would give this man most anything he asks
'Cause I never did imagine, how green grows the grass
On this side, things they work differently
Me oh my, we’re all that we hoped we’d be
'Cause this time, we dared to believe
Well, it wasn’t always this way, I can tell you that for sure
Once the only color I knew was gray
My heart was low, it was poor
Felt that nobody could love me the way that I loved them
That was before him
On this side, things they work differently
Me oh my, we’re all that we hoped we’d be
'Cause this time, we dared to believe
Why do we forget how to be loved?
Why do we bother doing it was simply getting off?
I’m not talking making babies though that is also true
It’s whatever you call that thing I’m in when I’m in with you
On this side, things they work differently
Me oh my, we’re all that we hoped we’d be
'Cause this time, we dared to believe
It’s a quiet night at home now, little miracle’s in bed
And a birdie on my windowsill
That makes happy happen in my heard
It’s funny all the little things, so boring to describe
They taught my joy her roots and they brought my life alive
On this side, things they work differently
Me oh my, we’re all that we hoped we’d be
'Cause this time, we dared to believe