The Wives Are in Connecticut
He figures out a restaurantWhere they won't be recognizedHe can always slip the maitre'd a tenGet a private little table and try her on for sizeMake a plan of where to do it whenHe's so sly, he's in love with his lies
And the wives, the wives are in ConnecticutThe wives, the wives are in ConnecticutTrying to forget it, that they really do regret itThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to Connecticut
The first year I was faithfulHe confesses to the girlAdmitting to the least of his sinsHis candour, so disarming, in this wicked city worldShe falls for it and once again he winsHe's so sly, he's in love with his lies
And the wives, the wives are in ConnecticutThe wives, the wives are in ConnecticutTrying to forget it, that they really do regret itThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to Connecticut
The five flight walk upCan he make it?He keeps promising to go back to the gymHe thinks about his wifeSo passionate last nightWas she really feeling it for him
Or was it Junior's teacher?Or the carpenter who put up the shelves?Or the mechanic who fixed the wagon?Or the gardener who dug the well?Or the Italian riding instructor?Or the man on the carousel?Or the out of work actor in Westport?Or the surgeon who cured the elms?Or the Yalie from New Haven?Or the farmer in the Dell?
Oh, the wives, the wives are in ConnecticutThe wives, the wives are in ConnecticutTrying to forget it, that they really do regret itThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to ConnecticutThat they moved up to Connecticut
How aboutThe lifeguard at the yacht club?Or the hairdresser from New London?Or the tennis pro from Fairfield?The Fuller Brush man from Bristol?The fisherman from Mystic?Or the novelist from New Canaan?The usher at the movie theater?The architect from Guilford?The man on the carousel?The man on the carousel?The man on the carousel...