Better Off Without a Wife (Live)

歌詞

So this is kind of a little anthem here All my friends are married Every Tom and Dick and Harry You must be strong if you're to go it alone Here's to the bachelors and the bowery bums Those who feel that they're the ones That are better off without a wife 'Cause I like to sleep until the crack of noon Midnight howlin' at the moon Goin' out when I want to and I'm comin' home when I please Don't have to ask permission If I wanna go out fishin' Never have to ask for the keys Well, I never been no Valentino But I had a girl who lived in Reno Left me for a trumpet player, well, it didn't get me down He was wanted for assault Though he said it weren't his fault You know the coppers rode him right out of town I been sleepin' until the crack of noon Midnight howlin' at the moon And I'll be goin' out when I want to, comin' home when I please Don't have to ask permission If I wanna go out fishin' Never have to ask for the keys Well, they say I'm kinda selfish about my privacy Now as long as I can be with me We get along so well I can't even believe it Love to chew the fat with folks I been listening to all your dirty jokes I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive I been sleepin' until the crack of noon Midnight howlin' at the moon And I'll be goin' out when I wanna, comin' home when I please Don't have to ask permission If I wanna go out fishin' Never have to ask for the keys, no Well Hey, I've got this girl I know, man, and I just... She been married several times and I... I don't wanna end up like her I mean, she been married so many times She got rice marks all over her face and Yeah, you know the kind