Martha And The Muffins

What people do for fun

Martha And The Muffins


The games that we played when we were small 
DOCTOR, HOUSE, WAR, we knew them all 
Soldiers for boys, barbies for girls 
Pretending to be grown-ups in a grown-up world 
Imaginations took us into outer space 
As threats of the street lamps quickened our pace 
Wordless chanting eenie-meenie-meinie-moe 
If he hollered then we had to let him go.

What people do for fun...

The scent of a man he slaps on his face 
She puts perfume everywhere- just in case 
Shaking her hips, flashing her thighs 
He takes it in with his bedroom eyes 
Communication happens out on the floor 
They dance until two, fuck until four 
Smoke in bed, while outside it rains 
They don't think they'll see each other again.

What people do for fun... 
I am using you. 
Am I amusing you!

Dad in the basement shoots off his gun 
The war was the only time he had some fun 
Big bands are best, of that they are sure 
She thinks of her wedding, being happy and poor 
Hockey and soaps, their only escape 
He shoots, he scores, someone was raped 
Remember the children when they were small 
DOCTOR, HOUSE, WAR, they played them all.

What people do for fun...

I am using you. 
Am I amusing you!