all my friends are married
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every Tom and Dick and Harry
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you must be strong
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to go it alone
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here's to the bachelors
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and the bowery bums
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and those who feel that they're the ones
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who are better off without a wife
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CHORUS
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I like to sleep until the crack of noon
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midnight howlin' at the moon
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goin' out when I wanto, comin' home when I please
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I don't have to ask permission
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if I want to go out fishing
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and I never have to ask for the keys
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never been no Valentino
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had a girl who lived in Reno
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left me for a trumpet player
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didn't get me down
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he was wanted for assault
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though he said it weren't his fault
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well the coppers rode him right
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out of town
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CHORUS
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selfish about my privacy
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as long as I can be with me
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we get along so well I can't believe
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I love to chew the fat with folks
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and listen to all your dirty jokes
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I'm so thankful for these friends
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I do receive
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CHORUS
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Better Off Without A Wife
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| Tom Waits |
