Lyrics

FIFTY THOUSAND WIVES
Copyright 1999, Alan Turin


'Twas a marriage, made in Heaven
His Momma'd gone and left him when he was just e-leven
For years he was so lonely, then he found his one and only
Oh why did he leave her, so callously and coldly?

All those years of loneliness because his Momma'd gone
His little heart was bro-ken, but somehow he'd gone on
Just a bleak dark empty space where a Momma should have been
Then he fell in love and we all thought he'd win

She was really good to him, really understood him
Smothered him with lovin', always stood by him
But there was an empty space so deep and wide
Down so deep inside him, in darkness it did hide

Then one day it happened, just like you knew it would
He looked upon a-nother, and she looked mighty good
His empty heart felt full now, strong and hot inside
He barely looked back as he dumped his loving bride

But soon he saw her also, as nothing but a shrew.
There was nothing she could say, there was nothing she could do
When he met yet another, his heart lit up a-new
Every time he finds love, he runs for someone new

He tries to fill that hole inside with women far and wide (but)
You can't replace one momma with fifty thousand wives.
No you can?t replace one momma with fifty thousand wives.
You can?t replace one momma with fifty thousand wives.

MMMMmmmmmmmm....