When I Say Wife

When I say 'wife'

it's cause I can't find another word

for the way we be

but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged

'wife' sounds like laundry

When I say 'wife'

it's cause I can't find another word

for the way we are

but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged

sounds like the family car

the tax form comes

fill out 'married'

cause I know what they're lookin for

but I'm tellin you

that I'm just a person

same as I was before

When I say 'wife'

it's cause if you said 'lover' every day

you're gonna begin to gag

but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged

sounds like the laundry bag

the tax form comes

fill out 'married'

a technicality

but I'm tellin you

that I'm not married

I'm not single

I'm still me

I say 'wife'

because it stops all talk right away

about the way we be

but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged

'wife' sounds like laundry