Tom Waits – Better Off Without A Wife Lyrics  Share

From Tom Waits's album: Nighthawks At The Diner

all my friends are married
every Tom and Dick and Harry
you must be strong
to go it alone
here^,s to the bachelors
and the bowery bums
and those who feel that they^,re the ones
who are better off without a wife

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I like to sleep until the crack of noon
midnight howlin^, at the moon
goin^, out when I wanto, comin^, home when I please
I don^,t have to ask permission
if I want to go out fishing
and I never have to ask for the keys

never been no Valentino
had a girl who lived in Reno
left me for a trumpet player
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didn^,t get me down
he was wanted for assault
though he said it weren^,t his fault
well the coppers rode him right
out of town

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selfish about my privacy
as long as I can be with me
we get along so well I can^,t believe
I love to chew the fat with folks
and listen to all your dirty jokes
I^,m so thankful for these friends
I do receive

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