I come home and I know
That something is the matter
When I get in you don’t join in
With our normal idle chatter
Deep inside of me the desire to flee is stirred
‘Cause when I ask you anything you answer with just one word

Hey babe, how ya doing?
Good.
How was your day?
Fine.
What are your views on gun control?
Varied.

One Word Answers, this is gonna be bad
One Word Answers, why is she so darn mad?
One Word Answers, I know I should run
When I get one word answers from you

I’ll never find what’s behind
This drama I just got trapped in
’Cause it could be literally
Anything that has or will ever happened
It could be something I said, a TV show
Or a dream that’s causing this mess
I’ll keep throwing out guesses, baby, just blink twice for yes

Is it ’cause I stayed late at work every day this week?
Is it what I said about your mother coming to visit?
Is it the car? You wanna go for a ride in the car?
Put that down…

One Word Answers, this could go on all night
One Word Answers, I would rather just fight
One Word Answers, I’d rather get none
Instead of just one word answers from you

I’d rather have a riot than unbearable quiet
While I’m walking through this field full of mines
‘Cause all the words she doesn’t say will come back anyway
At the absolute worst possible time

You want to talk now, while the cab is waiting to take me to the airport for a work trip and you had ALL LAST NIGHT TO TELL ME WHY YOU WERE ANGRY!?!?

One word answers, like a fart in the room
One word answers, each word spells your doom
One word answers, I should have just run
When I got one word answers from you
One world answers, one word answers

Oh, baby, I'm so glad we finally had a chance to talk it out, it only took three hours a night for six nights in a row but we finally cleared the air! Don't you feel better? Don't you feel better? Babe?
Whatever.