Flat-Pack Forever

[Intro]

(Whistle hook, two claps)

HIM: Hand me that little wrench —

HER: The tiny one? Here you go!

[Verse 1]

HIM: Box says "two-person job," well, I guess that's me and you,

HER: Box says "thirty minutes" — babe, it's been an hour and two.

HIM: You've got the paper upside down —

HER: No, you've got the picture wrong!

HIM: There's a little cartoon fella who's been grinning way too long.

HER: Panel A goes into B, and B goes into C —

HIM: So why's there one more wooden peg just staring back at me?

[Chorus]

BOTH: We're flat-pack forever, a little bit crooked, a little bit right,

Turning every tiny screw together on a Saturday night;

It ain't fancy, it ain't perfect, but it's standing on its own —

HER: Like you and me —

HIM: Like you and me —

BOTH: Building something out of nothing in our first little home.

[Verse 2]

HER: My mama said, "Don't build a shelf if you want to stay in love,"

HIM: My daddy said, "Just smile and hand her what she's thinking of."

HER: We lost a screw beneath the couch —

HIM: Then found it in my hat!

HER: You named the little hex key "Buddy," and I laughed so hard at that.

HIM: Now there's books on every level and a fern up on the top —

HER: It leans a little leftward —

HIM: Yeah, it leans, but it won't drop.

[Chorus]

BOTH: We're flat-pack forever, a little bit crooked, a little bit right,

Turning every tiny screw together on a Saturday night;

It ain't fancy, it ain't perfect, but it's standing on its own —

HER: Like you and me —

HIM: Like you and me —

BOTH: Building something out of nothing in our first little home.

[Bridge]

HIM: Someday we'll have a bigger place with things that come in one piece,

HER: But we're keeping this old wobbly shelf — the first thing we built, you and me.

[Final Chorus]

BOTH: We're flat-pack forever, a little bit crooked, a little bit right,

Turning every tiny screw together on a Saturday night;

It ain't fancy, it ain't perfect, but it's standing on its own —

HER: Like you and me —

HIM: Like you and me —

BOTH: Flat-pack forever in our first little home!

[Outro]

HIM: Uh... what's this extra piece for?

HER: Don't you dare.

(Whistle hook, laughter)