My Wife And My Dead Wife – Robyn Hitchcock

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My wife lies down in a chair, And Peels a Pear,  I know she’s there
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I’m making coffee for two, just me and you 
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But I come back in with coffee for three, Coffee for three
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My dead wife sits in a chair, combing her hair, I know she’s there
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She wanders off to the bed, shaking her head, Robyn she said
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You know I don’t take sugar
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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?
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My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?
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No, no no, no no no, nooooo
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My wife sits down on the stairs, and stares into air, there’s no one there
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I’m drilling holes in the wall, holes in the wall
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I turn round and my dead wife’s upstairs, she’s still wearing flares
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She talks out loud, but no one hears

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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her
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My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?
C          Fmaj7     G  
No, no no, no no no, nooooo
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And I cannot decide, which one I love the most
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The flesh and blood, or the pale, smiling ghost
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My wife lies down on the beach, she’s sucking a peach, she’s out of reach
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Of the waves that crash on the sand, where my dead wife stands, holding my hand
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Now my wife can’t swim but neither could she, and deep in the sea
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She’s waiting for me, She’s waiting for me
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Oh, I’m such a lucky guy, ‘cause I got you baby and I’ll never be lonely
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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?
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My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?
C          Fmaj7     G  
No, no no, no no no, nooooo
C          Fmaj7      C 
No, no no, no no no, no

END

JMC