A Perfect Wife

I married Charlie when I was sixteen

But I didn't love him and he didn't love me

Frank was sweet, sent me poetry

But it wasn't the same as it was on TV

A lonely widow with no place to go

For a time I settled on the Florida coast

Rick and Arlie, they had to go

To join the rest of my family's ghosts

And oh, oh, oh

I haven't been a perfect wife

I'm a lonely heart

Looking for the real romance of my life

Now Sam was a hard man with a real mean streak

Said women don't need romance magazines

But I showed him with his last coffee

And now they can do anything they like with me

Oh, oh, oh

I haven't been a perfect wife

I'm a lonely heart

Looking for the real romance of my life

Take it easy, don't worry

I'll be fine in here

I'm sure I'll find my perfect mate yet

And my conscience is clear

Didn't do it for the money, in truth I was bored

Nobody writes to me anymore

Cigarettes and prison walls

Will keep me company till I meet the Lord

And Lord knows that

Oh, oh, oh

I haven't been a perfect wife

I'm a lonely heart

Looking for the real romance of my life

Oh, oh, oh

I haven't been a perfect wife

I'm a lonely heart

Looking for the real romance of my life

Take it easy, don't worry

I'll be fine in here