She makes a home and she stays mum
  About the things she might have done
  She keeps her eyes firm on the ground
  To set her own life
  Makes up her face and not her mind
  To be a wife
    There was a time away back then
  She might have thought to think again
  But then through dolls and schoolyard games
  Like ma before her
  She learned girls play the family way
  Don't look for more
    She's just playing
  Playing safe
  Playing houses
  Safe as houses
    Here on this street when they were kids
  He built his dreams with coloured bricks
  But comes the time for him to prove
  That he's a man now
  He gets a wife and he makes his move
  To three doors down
    He's playing
  Playing safe
  Playing houses
  Safe as houses
    For there was no-one there to say
  It didn't have to be that way
  You never get the best of you
  When you do what they expect you to
    You've heard it all
  How you're no use
  You're born to fail
  So follow suit
  But if you feel and got a dream
  Don't dare ignore it
  Cos that is what you've got to be
  You must got for it
    Don't play it
  Play it safe
  A plague on houses
  Safe as houses