Can't Vacuum On A Leash
- for Helen -
Music & Lyrics / Jude Hawkens
Arrangements / Jude Hawkens
(additional lyrics / Gina S. Renzi)
© Jude Hawkens / Native Son Music BMI
Now I’m too many miles from home
My man says he loves me so
My ring’s so shiny n’ bright
Gotta love him with all my might
My mama’s a worryin’
My daddy’s a clergyman
And I’m told it’s gonna be all right.
But the years keep rollin’ on
And I feel like I’m losin’ my song
I keep the house so neat and clean
It’s a gerbil wheel life I lead
Nobody told me
This thing’s controlin’ me
Going crazy, I’m gonna scream
I can’t vacuum on a leash
I won’t scrub that toilet clean
I won’t wash another dish
Yea become that ‘you know’ bitch
I won’t mop another floor
Throw your clothes right out the door
Never cook another quiche
I can’t vacuum on a leash.
Drove my Chevy to the corner store
Saw my man walkin’ out that door
Arm and arm with Lola May
Stand by your man don’t work that way
I’m tired of beggin’ him
The moment’s now, sink or swim
Now it’s here, it’s judgment day
So tired of sittin’ home waiting
Sittin’ home hatin’
That girl in me
Packed my bags, the kids, the car
Left the chicken and grabbed my guitar
Headed out and took a breath
Lit a match and headed west
The best thing I left behind
the Hoover and ties that bind
Time to set my spirit free
I won’t vacuum on a leash
I won’t scrub that toilet clean
I won’t wash another dish
Yea become that ‘you know’ bitch
I won’t mop another floor
Throw your clothes right out the door
Never cook another quiche
I won’t vacuum on a leash.