paper house

many years ago

there was a boy, and a girl

they weren't old enough

to really know about love

she was a cheerleader

a doctor in her dreams

he was a football star

and he wanted to be a Marine

they built up a paper house

after one too many mistakes

he joined the Marines, 

and she became his wife

they had four children

in the paper house

all four ended up broken somehow

after all, a paper house can only burn

forty years of marriage

and all they can do is fight

sweet love story turned sour,

nothing she says is right

many years ago

there was a boy, and a girl

they built up a paper house

and stayed in it while it burned