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She Gets Off From Work At Five

She Gets Off From Work at Five By Elton Camp Quitting time is still three hours away I wish she didn’t have that long to stay The breakfast she fixed is now long gone And my stomach begins to growl & groan All day, I had nothing but chips and beer So I sure wish she’d hurry up and get here I don’t want you to think that I’m a grouch, But it gets so tiresome laying on the couch Besides, my wife is a slob, both lazy and mean She don’t keep stuff fixed and the house clean It’s hard for me to keep out the blowing rain Cause she won’t fixed the broken window pane But I guess I’ll let her get by doing this way Especially on Friday since that’s our payday I hear they are now hiring late shift at the mills She should take a second job to pay the bills But she is gonna have to leave time between Until to the cooking of my dinner she has seen Then she can go to the mill and work a while But when she gets home, I expect to see a smile I don’t want to hear no more of that tired stuff And how at work she has had it oh so tough When I am in the mood for a little romance, I don’t want to hear excuses or no song & dance For a picture of this husband, go to http://www.scribd.com/doc/57809698/She-Gets-Off-From-Work-at-Five

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 6/14/2011 7:56:00 AM
Well written tongue-in-cheek indictment of lazy stay-at-homes who expect to be supported and coddled by hard working, abused mates....nice use of typical language heard from such slackers...I enjoyed this.
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