如此輕快的旋律乍聽之下還以為是首甜蜜小曲，豈知歌詞竟然如此怨懟...再一次證明：旋律與歌詞不一定、也沒必要呈現對等關係 XD
〈The Old Apartment〉收錄在Barenaked Ladies(裸體淑女) 1996年的專輯《Born On A Pirate Ship》。來自加拿大的Barenaked Ladies是支創作量相當大的樂團，自1992年出道起便已推出超過十張專輯，最廣為人知的作品莫過於他們為CBS影集《The Big Bang Theory》創作的主題曲。
"The Old Apartment"
Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
Broken glass, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones
This is where we used to live
Why did you paint the walls?
Why did you clean the floor?
Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
This is where we used to live
Why did you keep the mousetrap?
Why did you keep the dishrack?
these things used to be mine
I guess they still are, I want them back
Broke into the old apartment
Forty-two stairs from the street
Crooked landing, crooked landlord
Narrow laneway filled with crooks
This is where we used to live
Why did they pave the lawn?
why did they change the locks?
Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk
This is where we used to live
How is the neighbour downstairs?
How is her temper this year?
I turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun
I know we don't live here anymore
We bought an old house on the Danforth
She loves me and her body keeps me warm
I'm happy here
But this is where we used to live
Broke into the old apartment
Tore the phone out of the wall
Only memories, fading memories
Blending into dull tableaux
I want them back
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