We Don
Hayden Lyrics

It was a Tuesday morn in November
The singer sets the scene for the story: it takes place on a Tuesday morning in November.

I slept at your house the night before
The singer spent the previous night at the house of the person they are with.

We couldn't wait to get up to go for
The singer and their companion were excited to wake up and go for something.

A big breakfast in an old fashioned diner
The thing the artist and their companion were looking forward to was a large breakfast at a traditional diner.

A full meal six coffee refills later
After breakfast, the artist and their companion drank six cups of coffee.

We both have to be at work in an hour
Despite their plans, the singer and their companion have to go to work soon.

Let's call in sick I suggest to her
As a way to spend the day together, the singer suggests that they call in sick to work.

I'll call your boss and tell her that you're under
The artist offers to call their companion's boss and lie, saying that their companion is sick.

The weather, you'll call mine, you will tell her
In return, the artist's companion will call their boss and lie, saying that the artist is sick due to the weather.

That I'm very sick and that
The lie that the artist's companion will tell is that the artist is extremely ill.

You're my mother
To make the lie more believable, the singer's companion will pretend to be the singer's mother.

So we walk down the street
The artist and their companion leave the diner and walk down the street.

Looking for a phone booth we
They are searching for a phone booth to make the necessary calls.

Rehearse what we're going to say
Before making the calls, the singer and their companion practice what they will say to their bosses.

So that we can have this day
The reason for the lies and deception is so that the singer and their companion can spend the day together instead of at work.

Away
The artist and their companion want to escape from their usual routines and responsibilities for a day.

We find a phone booth with room for two
Eventually, the artist and their companion find a phone booth with enough space for both of them.

I call your boss and I don't speak the truth
The singer calls their companion's boss and lies about their companion being sick.

They're pretty mad about you but they'll get through
The boss is upset with the situation caused by the lie but will manage without the singer's companion being there.

You call my work in my mother's voice
Next, the artist's companion calls their work pretending to be the artist's mother.

They believe you
The lie about the artist's sickness is successful and their bosses believe them.

And it starts to rain outside
While the artist and their companion are in the phone booth, it begins to rain outside.

In our phone booth we hide
To avoid getting wet in the rain, the singer and their companion stay in the phone booth.

It doesn't let up until five
The rain persists until late in the day.

Squished together we don't mind
Despite being cramped in the small phone booth, the singer and their companion do not seem to mind.

We don't mind
The singer and their companion are happy to spend the day together and don't care about the circumstances that brought them there.