The Girl Next Door Doing Yoga

You have perfect lines on your front lawn
So does the girl next door
But you were too busy planning spontaneity
To find out what she was looking for
And she lives alone with an orange tree
That drops seeds over your fence
That you want to plant into an orange tree
But just to look alike is your defence

Oh, you caught her once doing yoga
The girl who still lives next door
She saw you watching and she pulled you over
Told you what she was looking for
Made you help her wash her dog
And then you painted on her car
And it was already a rainbow
But to please her you painted stars
Now you’re back inside working nine to five
Coz you’re human with bills to pay
While she’s busy giving piano lessons
Making money her own way

Now in the mornings you’re doing yoga
With the girl who still lives next door
Across the road kids watch until she pulls them over
And they join in until they can’t do any more
Then you get her a coffee and go inside
To watch her dancing with her class
From your kitchen windows
On the wrong side of the glass

Next weekend you’re going hiking
Because she asked to go
And you know that you really don’t want to
But you’ll go when she says so
You’re learning guitar and growing your hair
You got yourself a pet goat
His name you can’t pronounce
But she takes him out in her boat

And you go swimming before you do yoga
But there’s no girl next door
When you saw the kids you pulled them over
They gave you a letter and you cried till you were sore
She’s alone somewhere on a mountain
Telling a guy she found what she was looking for
While doing yoga with the guy next door.