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She makes his coffee

She makes his bed

She does the laundry
She keeps him ied.
When she was twenty-one

She wore her mothers lace
She said forever

With a smile

Upon her face
She does the carpool

She P.T.A.'s

Doctors and. dentists
She drives all day
When she

was twenty-nine
She delivered

number three

And. every Christmas card
Everything

Runs right on time

Years of practice
He thinks
He'll keep her

Everything
Is so benign

The safest place

You'll ever find
She packs his suitcase

She sits and waits

With no expression
Upon her face

When she was thirty-slx

She met him
At their door

She said. I'm sorry

I don't love you
Everything

Runs right on time

Years of practice
Is so benign

The safest place

You'll ever find
God forbid.

You change your mind

He thinks
For fifteen years

She had a job

And not one
Raise in pay

Now she's in

The typing pool
Everything

Runs right on time

Years of practice
And. design

Spit and. polish

'Til it shines
Is so benign

The safest place

You'll ever find
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Title
He Thinks He'll Keep Her
Artist
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Brand
Nashville Sound
(13 Other Versions)
Code
NS26-13
Genres
country, country rock, folk, lilith, mellow gold, singer-songwriter, ectofolk, classic country pop