Story Behind The Song
Wishing I could get married and come home to a nice little wife (even though I'm a married woman myself!)
Song Description
Every working woman's dream is to come home to a nice clean house, dinner on the table, kids all organised..just like men did in the 1950's
| Song Length |
3:05 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Mood |
Jovial, In High Spirits |
| Subject |
Beach |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
I am a working woman, I have to earn my bread
I often get home tired and just fall onto that bed
I ain't got time to cook and clean just like my mammy did
To polish floors and scrub the tiles so now it really seems that..
Chorus
I need a wife..I need a wife
To stand right behind me
To support me and attire me
To care for and admire me
To help me and to guide me
I need a wife
*at end
I'd love to come home to the smell of baking bread
To be catered to like royalty clean sheets upon the bed
I'd never have to iron or to clean the kitchen floor
Or cook up tasty dinners..hell that's what wives are for!
Neil Young he was a wailing about this very thing
"A man needs a maid" that's what he used to sing
But maid's you have to pay them
On that I'm not too keen
I'd rather get my little wife
To do the work for FREE!
*To buy my socks and underwear
To nag me on good hygiene
Shop for all my Christmas gifts
And sign all the cards for me