Growing up they were my best friends
I never knew how rare that was
One call and the yard was filled with everyone
Even the ones who were never home
Let us climb their trees and pick the apples in autumn

I can't remember the ones in the campus apartments
We never became friends with them because it felt like we were so close
Two twin beds to a room, I never felt the need to be more social

Then it was a duplex with my sister and our friend
And the guys downstairs and the couple next door with the kids
One time he knocked on the door
Said "your car mirror was in the road,
A guy on a bike hit it and angrily ripped it off"
I can't remember having many questions about that
I probably should've had a few questions about that

Moved a couple blocks away with a friend
And our neighbors really scared me
They were always yelling and one time
I heard one of them mention that he had a taser
From my window on the second floor

But one time my roommate was on a run
When she passed their house flames were pouring out
And she called 911
No one was hurt and the next day they gave us flowers
And we never had any trouble with them again

On the other side of the duplex was a couple who studied horticulture
They made a big garden and let us take whatever vegetables we wanted
But when they moved they insisted
I still had one of their bowls they brought vegetables over in
I didn't have their fucking bowl

The next one was a woman named Claire
Who coincidentally ended up in the next two buildings I moved into
She was nice, and I never had any trouble from her

The next time I lived alone, the man next door was a professional at pool
And he was always leaving the apartment with his set of cues
He told me he would take trips to Vegas to compete
And I found that fascinating

Then in Saint Paul there was a guy next door who was a musician
In the townhouse, always having the loudest sex
He was fine for the most part, but sometimes things were tense
Between him and my friend
And then I left

In my first spot in New Mexico
There were so many wonderful people on our block
I loved to see them all when I took my daily pandemic walks

And then it was a sweet woman who lived downstairs
Another apartment, a fourplex
And the only time she got upset was when I was doing laundry after 10
But I didn't realize anyone enforced that

The casita I lived in after that was tucked behind a house
Where my landlord's daughter and her dog lived
They were nice as hell and they even gave me some plants
And when I'd go out of town she'd check in on my cat

Trying to figure out the current lay of the land
In this 5-unit complex
The guy next next door is a bartender at a spot downtown
He said his name is Climber

And the woman in the back plays music loud
But when it comes to that we have an agreement
Then there's a caterer too who tried to ask me out
And I told him I wasn't available for that
I wasn't available for that
And those are all the neighbors that I've had