The Reprise (The Benefits of Being Alone)

It’s a breakneck Monday morning

And I can take it slow

Pour cream into my coffee, fresh from off the stove

I replay my favourite saddest song to remember how it goes

Or pick up where I left off with last night’s episode

If you’re interested, I can tell you more

Of the benefits of being alone

Each day I work a little bit on plans of my own

I book flights to places I have always wanted to go

Listening to records, monophonic stereo

Crawl into bed and check for unread messages on my phone

If you’re curious, I can give you a guided tour

Of the benefits of being alone

If I don’t end up with anyone

Could be six days to find my body gone but

Think of all the space I get to roam

Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie

The only one who’s there when I get home

To all the benefits of being alone

Broken conversation as you get the kids ready to go

We’ll talk about the girls’ weekend we constantly postpone

I envy how you’re steady and you envy how I roll

And how brave I am to sing about it on a microphone

No matter baby, that’s what makes the show

The benefits of being alone

Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie

I decide where everything will go

Then I return to everything just so

The only one who’s there when I get home

To all the benefits of being alone