I can see the kitchen light

From the road where i park my bike

But it's dark there as it often is these days

And the gloomy living room

Really needs a dust and a broom

But i can't brush your memory away



Her father was an admiral

In someone else's navy

And she had seen the world before i met her

She would wash and cook and clean

And all the other things between

And like a fool i just sat there and let her



Chorus:

Now i can feed and wash and dress myself

And i can sleep without the light on

Honey, i'm a big boy now

I don't know what she does with all the money that i sent her

She's running round the town with the young pretender



I haven't touched the garden

Since the day she walked away

From a love affair that bore only bitter fruit

She took everything she wanted

Which is why she left me here

With these pots and pans and my old wedding suit



A letter came one morning

That she would not let me see

And from that day i began to realise

That she would one day break

The home we tried to make

For sinners cannot live in paradise