I don’t have a wife
and I don’t have a husband.
I don’t have any children I know of.
I don’t have a life
and I don’t have a band anymore,
or many friends to speak of.
I’ve had too much time just pleasing myself;
Now I am too stuck to please anybody else.
I’m a selfish bachelor
with only myself to blame
for another night slumped on the sofa,
but I do know being loved,
like I know being alone.
I was free to do anything,
so I didn’t know where to begin.
You try to take it all in
and you wind up with nothing,
but I do know being loved like I know being alone.
I get up when I want to,
eat breakfast in my dressing gown.
We can’t all be as glamorous as you.
Put jokes in the chorus
to make it less serious,
but the pay-off line always rings true.
I don’t have a wife
and I don’t have a husband.
I don’t have any children I know of.
I don’t have a life
and I don’t have a band anymore,
but I’ve got all these songs.
credits
from Old Joy,
released June 10, 2013
Written, performed and produced by David Shah.
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