The outside doors are friendly, a green welcome mat
Red flowers in the garden,
In the backyard there’s a blue cat
Our memories are just pictures
On the walls of your flat
But don’t ask me not to love you
You know I can’t do that

The smell of the coffee says it’s from New Orleans
This excitement of the senses is not what it seems
Perspectives are just pictures
Of the same old scenes
So don’t ask me not to love you
You don’t know what that means

We did everything we could
To get back to the old deserted neighborhood
Back to a world that’s just as good
Back to living life the way we should
The way we should

But these steel bars around us
Have stolen all our time
In the distance we see freedom
As a dotted yellow line
Our prisons are just pictures
Of the scene of the crime
So don’t ask me not to love you
That decision is mine

We did everything we could
To get back to the old polluted neighborhood
Back to a world that’s just as good
Back to living life the way we should
The way we should

If you ask me for nothing, I’ll give you all I’ve got
I believe this digression is just part of the plot
Our futures are just pictures of the pasts we forgot
So don’t ask me not to love you
I’ll love you ‘til I rot
Don’t ask me not to love you
You’re everything I’ve got