Four Years Of Chances

Well, I waited four long winters

Yes, I waited in the Sun

I was crying all alone

While you were out having fun

I gave you four years of chances

But you threw 'em all away

I gave you one thousand, four hundred sixty-one days

I gave you four years of chances

To try to be your wife

I cleaned your shirts

And cooked up your supper

But you stayed out late at night

I gave you four years of chances

To try and fill a happy home

But now one more may as well be

A million and one

And now you know you lost me, darling

And you can't get me back

Ain't that just like a man

To change so fast

Because you want what you can't have

So now I'm going to say it slowly

Before I go away

You had me one thousand, four hundred sixty-one days

I gave you four years of chances

To try to be your wife

I cleaned your shirts

And cooked up your supper

But you stayed out late at night

I gave you four years of chances

To try and fill a happy home

But now one more may as well be

A million and one

I found myself a good man now

You know he treats me like he should

We live in a shack by a railroad track

He's out back chopping wood

We don't have too much money

But I'll tell you why that's okay

He loves me every moment

Of them three hundred sixty-five days

I gave you four years of chances

To try to be your wife

I cleaned your shirts

And washed up the dishes

But you never did treat me right

I gave you four years of chances

To try and build a happy home

But now one more may as well be

A million and one

But now one more may as well be a million and one