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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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altar where we go astray
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Be for the bills that begin the next day
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See for the cuffs and the collars of shirts
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D is for dishes and dusting and dirt
Verse 2
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E is my energy draining away
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And F is for floors to be swept every day
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G for girlhood that's gawky and gone
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And a H fed up housewife
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that's singing this song
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Verse 3
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Wearily, it's merely a good
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Cooking and cleaning and tidying away
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If ever you finish, remember that when
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You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again
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Verse 4
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I is for ironing for kids in their teens
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J is for jerseys and jumpers and jeans
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K for the kitchen for years upon end
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I've lived with left over
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s and laundry for friends
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Verse 5
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M is my mending, there's mile upon mile
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N for the nappies in a big stinking pile
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O for the odd jobs, the odd one or two
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Like pushing the pram or
unplugging the loo
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Verse 6
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Wearily, it's merely a good
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Cooking and cleaning and tidying away
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If ever you finish, remember that when
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You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again
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Verse 7
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Q is for quarreling of chicks in my nest
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Are is for referee and a one minute rest
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S for the shopping in snow, sleet or rain
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And T for that toilet,
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it's stopped up again
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Verse 8
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U is for underwear, grimy and soiled
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V for those things that you peel,
chop and boil
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W for woman and washing machine
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We both need attention,
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Verse 9
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Wearily, it's merely a good
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Cooking and cleaning and tidying away
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If ever you finish, remember that when
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You wake up tomorrow,
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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it's eight days a week
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They're crammed into seven,
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So much to do, where should I begin?
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But I got all my lifetime to finish it in
Verse 11
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W for wings, if I had them I'd fly
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I've gone on too long
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And so has the system and
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Verse 12
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Wearily, it's merely a good
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Cooking and cleaning and tidying away
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If ever you finish, remember that when
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You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again
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Verse 13
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If this song was household
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you'd sing it and then
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You'd go back where you star
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ted and sing it again
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Again and again and again and again
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