Don't Get Married-The Dubliners

[ti:Don't Get Married] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:Heritage Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Get Married - The Dubliners [00:01.20]Don't get married girls [00:03.49]You'll sign away your life [00:05.76]You may start off as a woman [00:08.20]But you'll end up as the wife [00:10.76]You could be a vestal virgin [00:12.62]Take the veil and be a nun [00:15.59]But don't get married girls [00:18.26]For marriage isn't fun [00:21.03] [00:22.03]Oh it's fine when you're romancing [00:24.66]And he plays a lover's part [00:27.02]You're the roses in his garden [00:29.44]You're the flame that warms his heart [00:31.89]And his love will last forever [00:34.29]And he'll promise you the moon [00:36.91]But just wait until you're wedded [00:38.77] [00:39.32]And he'll sing a different tune [00:42.47]You're his tapioca pudding [00:44.89]You're the dumplings in his stew [00:47.27]And he'll soon begin to wonder [00:49.72]What he ever saw in you [00:52.06]Still he takes without complaining [00:54.16]All the dishes you provide [00:57.07]But you see he has to have [00:59.32]His bit of jam tart on the side [01:02.08]So don't get married girls [01:04.76]It's very badly paid [01:06.95]You may start off as the mistress [01:09.53]But you'll end up as the maid [01:11.87]Be a daring deep-sea diver [01:13.96]Be a polished polyglot [01:16.75]But don't get married girls [01:19.44]For marriage is a plot [01:22.04] [01:23.07]Have you seen him in the morning [01:25.89]With a face that looks like death [01:28.28]He's got dandruff on his pillow [01:30.74]And tobacco on his breath [01:33.18]And he wants some reassurance [01:35.70]With his cup of tea in bed [01:38.05]'Cause he's got worries with the mortgage [01:40.70]And the bald patch on his head [01:42.98]And he's sure that you're his mother [01:44.84]Lays his head upon your breast [01:47.73]So you try to boost his ego [01:50.07]Iron his shirt and warm his vest [01:52.62]Then you get him off to work [01:54.60]The mighty hunter is restored [01:57.58]And he leaves you there with nothing [01:59.64]But the dreams you can't afford [02:02.77]So don't get married girls [02:05.39]For men are all the same [02:07.56]They just use you when they need you [02:10.25]You'd do better on the game [02:12.60]Be a call girl be a stripper [02:14.61]Be a hostess be a whore [02:17.51]But don't get married girls [02:20.18]For marriage is a bore [02:23.44] [02:23.99]When he comes home in the evening [02:26.77]He can hardly spare a look [02:29.23]All he says is "What's for dinner " [02:31.49]After all you're just the cook [02:34.07]But when he takes you to a party well [02:36.66]He eyes you with a frown [02:38.98]For you know you've got to look your best [02:41.66]You mustn't let him down [02:43.95]And he'll clutch you with that [02:45.22]"Look what I've got " [02:46.67]Sparkle in his eyes [02:48.71]Like he's entered for a raffle [02:51.21]And he's won you for a prize [02:53.61]But when the party's over [02:55.98]You'll be slogging through the sludge [02:58.37]Half the time a decoration [03:00.93]And the other half a drudge [03:03.39]So don't get married [03:05.63]It'll drive you round the bend [03:08.24]It's the lane without a turning [03:10.66]It's the end without an end [03:13.03]Change your lover every Friday [03:15.47]Take up tennis be a nurse [03:17.93]But don't get married girls [03:20.74]For marriage is a curse [03:23.29] [03:24.30]And you get him off to work [03:26.78]The mighty hunter is restored [03:29.89]And he leaves you there with nothing [03:32.40]But the dreams you can't afford