| | Wives and Lovers Lyrics Artist(Band):Burt Bacharach
Comb your hair, fix your make-up. Soon he will open the door. Don't think because There's a ring on your finger, You needn't try any more For wives should always be lovers, too. Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you. I'm warning you. Day after day, There are girls at the office, And men will always be men. Don't send him off With your hair still in curlers. You may not see him again. For wives should always be lovers, too. Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you. He's almost here. Hey, little girl Better wear something pretty, something you'd wear to go to the city. And dim all the lights, Pour the wine, start the music. Time to get ready for love. Dim all the lights, Pour the wine,start the music. Time to get ready for love. Time to get ready,time to get ready for love. Time to get ready,time to get ready for love. If you find some error in Wives and Lovers Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to drflores52@yahoo.com for submitting the lyrics. Review about Wives and Lovers It makes me sick | Reviewer: barbara belanger | 9/22/09 There was a conversation at the office today about old chauvinistic songs. This one came to mind for me as I am now 57 years old and remember when it was current. I was just a kid at that time. I was a "housewife" for many years and after cleaning and cooking all day and trying to be the best mother and wife I knew how to be I did not always look attractive when my husband arrived home. When we we went out to any social occasions or had guests I always looked my best. I was never over weight or terribly unkept in any way. As i said I am currently 57 years old - divorced for 10 years (I initiated the divorce) and have for the past ten years looked better than I ever did. This song has got to be the absolute worst! As even a guy put it, it is absolutely horrible. What a lot of damage this putrid song did to so many women at the time. It was about sex and control - it had nothing to do with love. I don't know if Burt Bacharach is still alive but if he is, he should be ashamed. It's disgusting. If anyone disagrees with me, you are an idiot. I don't give a damn about the melody - it sent a terrible message. A song of its' time | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/8/09 The usual way of things when the song was written was that the man went out to work & the woman stayed home. Given that she probably had some time on her hands, it is a request from the songwriter for her to put down the caramels, stop watching Peyton Place & get changed out of the nasty house coat she lounged about in all day & into something a little more presentable. Of course things have changed radically these day...haven't they? Wife and Lover | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/13/09 I had forgotten some of the lyrics of this song until I looked them up. But, dear ladies, this song has always been like a 'bible' to me. I practiced it all the days of my marriage, and let me tell you, it works! My marriage ended on May 1 of last year when my husband died of the affects of Parkinsons. We had been very happily married for fifty-four and a half years. I always tried to look nice for him, someone for him to be proud of, even when there was no one else around. Don't think, girls, that I am June Cleaver. I'm a very independent, successful woman who has had at least two careers. But don't you want him to look forward to coming home to you? This is not a sexist song at all--just some excellent advice! I may be old enough to be your grandmother, but men's expectations haven't, nor will they ever change. They're wired that way. They'll always be attracted to a pretty woman. Make sure it's you! PLEASE.... someone redo this song for today! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/10/08 I'm 48 years old. Was driving home listening to Sirius Satellite radio... Seriously Sinatra station. This song came on. The melody jumped back in my head from listening to it as a little girl when my mom would have the stereo on. But today, listening to the lyrics on the way home, I almost got road rage! Pigs! Men! The way they thought back then. I've never been a Feminazi, but now I completely see the reason the women's movement came along! Someone, PLEASE redo this song. It has a great haunting melody. It should be done as a duet, leaving the original voice of the man in there... but with breaks for the women to pretty much tell the guy to get his meal himself. And by the way, pick up your own cleaning and laundry.... and yes... there may be girls at the office, but baby, there are some fine men out there in suits in our office! And just because he has a ring on HIS finger, doesn't mean that male chauvanist pig has to quit "trying" either. Too bad this song has such a great melody.... otherwise, it should be trashed! Zenith of Sexism | Reviewer: First A. Lastname | 7/22/08 Pieces of this song were coursing through my head this morning, memories of my mother playing the "hi-fi" during my youth. A few seconds and Google found me the "who did it" (and the rest of the lyrics). My, how times - or at least attitudes we present - have changed. What a horrible, chauvinistic song. (And, for the record, I'm a straight male.) Amazing song! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/1/07 Wish someone wrote something near as good as this these days... song is before my time.. but, wow.. brilliant music & lyrics. :) Review the song Wives and Lovers The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Burt Bacharach" Music | |
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