I have always had simple wants
and never asked for much.
I read mystery novels
when I get home from work.
Then a glass of wine
to pass the time
and the phone will sometimes ring.
The dogs are in my lap and acting cute –
they don’t ask for much.
I put them in the basement
when I go off to work.
They get excited when I come back home
and I have to let them out.
As the years go on and on
I find more of what I’m looking for
between these walls.
More of what I’m looking for.
I can’t remember the pain
or the strain of living alone –
so I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
I made them doggie collars
so they stay in the yard.
I knit them doggie sweaters
for the wintertime.
On Christmas Day they
get their special treats.
In the spring they get their shots.
As the years go on and on
I find more of what I’m looking for
between these walls.
More of what I’m looking for.
I can’t remember the pain
or the strain of living alone –
so I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
Dearest mother always said
we have to make the best of all
that we have.
Of all we own-
So I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
On the weekends I go gambling
and leave the dogs at home
I’d really like to take them with sometime
it would be pretty fun
One could press the button with her paw
while the other laps a Coke.
As the years go on and on
I find more of what I’m looking for
between these walls.
More of what I’m looking for.
I can’t remember the pain
or the strain of living alone.
So I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
Mother had a stroke
headed up to heaven
and left me all alone.
So I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
I won’t let you go out
unless you come home.
I won’t let you go out
unless you come
I won’t let you go out
unless you come
I won’t let you go out
unless you come
home.
© 1991.