Common Ground Songtext

Woman reads a magazine full of feminine opinions They tell her what she's missing, tell her how she's different Man comes home, he's tired and he doesn't want to listen And the things they need to talk about, they only talk around Another restless ride on the road to common ground Woman's on the phone tonight, she needs a helping hand Her girlfriends are the only ones who seem to understand They talk about the ways that they're more sensitive than men And he stays out late, he's got a date on the other side of town Just a little break in the search for common ground But on that freezing New Year's when the power lines went down They held each other close back then on common ground The news is on, it's nothing new -- the usual despair He watches from across the room, as if she isn't there And finally she can't stand it, she screams, "Don't you even care?" Then it's "Honey pie," and "Please don't cry," and "Baby, please calm down," And "Nothing matters more to me than finding common ground." Our souls search on forever For heavenward they're bound Our bodies find their home at last In common ground