Ladies Lounge

When we've done the work the lord avows And payed our daily due When the hours are scrubbed and dusted And the boys and men run through I'll meet you past the kitchen sink On the main street out of view And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke It's never done this woman's life There's little pleasure comin' To wait for itself at 10 p.m when he's huffing and he's puffin He'll shuffle or he'll stagger in Dependent on the gigi's rum And we'll fight or make a baby child Can you blame me for the gin When we've done the work the lord avows And payed our daily due When the hours are scrubbed and dusted And the boys and men run through I'll meet you past the kitchen sink On the main street out of view And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke The war was finished years before But still sets the weekly tone The gallantry of sudden death Has brought the battles home And hidden from the laughter Left with the empty shell Here am I in married bliss Seven schooners from hell When we've done the work the lord avows And payed our daily due When the hours are scrubbed and dusted And the boys and men run through I'll meet you past the kitchen sink On the main street out of view And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke For the finger pointers Slide back the wooden hatch I've had a war wife's year today And I've built the thirst to match May the month of hauntings By which my life's controlled Give me the joy of questions answered In the hour that the gin dissolves When we've done the work the lord avows And payed our daily due When the hours are scrubbed and dusted And the boys and men run through I'll meet you past the kitchen sink On the main street out of view And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke And we'll raise a tipple catholic drink In the ladies lounge of the duke