Mary Chapin Carpenter
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He Thinks He'll Keep Her

He Thinks He'll Keep Her lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter. She makes his coffee, she makes his bed She does the laundry, she keeps him fed When she was...

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He Thinks He'll Keep Her

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She makes his coffee, she makes his bed

She does the laundry, she keeps him fed

When she was twenty-one she wore her mothers lace

She said forever with a smile upon her face

She does the laundry, she P.T.A.'s

Doctors and dentisits, she drives all day

When she was twenty-nine she delivered

number three

And every Christmas card showed a perfect family

CHORUS

Everything runs right on time, years of

practice and design

spit and poish 'til it hsines, he thinks

he'll keep her

Everything is so benign, the safest place

you'll ever find

god forbid you change your mind, he thinks he'll

keep her

she packs his suitcase, she sits and waits

with no expression upon her face,

When she was thirty-six she met him at

their door,

she said i'm sorry i dont love you anymore

CHORUS

for 15 years she had a job and not one

raise in pay

now she's in the typing pool at

minimum wage

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