The Wives Are in Connecticut chords by Carly Simon
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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He figures out a restaurant
Where they won't be recognized
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He can always slip the maitre'd a ten
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Get a private little table and
try her on for size
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Make a plan of where to do it when
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He's so sly,
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he's in love with his lies
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[Chorus:] And the
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Verse 2
wives,
the wives are in Connecticut
The wives, the wives are in Connecticut
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Trying to forget it,
that they really do regret it
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That they moved up to Connecticut
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Verse 3
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The first year I was faithful
He confesses to the girl
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Admitting to the least of his sins
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His candour, so disarming,
in this wicked city world
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She falls for it and once again he wins
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He's so shy, he's in love with his
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lies
Interlude 1
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[Chorus] The
Verse 4
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five flight walk up
Can he make it?
He keeps promising to go
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back to the gym
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He thinks about his wife
So passionate last night
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Was she really feeling it for him Or
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was it ju nior's teacher?
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Or the carpenter who put up the shelves
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Or the mechanic who fixed
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the wagon
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Or the gardener who dug the well
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Or the Italian riding instructor
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Or the man on the Carousel
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Or the out of work actor in
Verse 5
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Westport
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Or the surgeon who cured the elms
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Or the man
at the vegetable stand
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Or the guru who cast a spell
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Or the Yalie from
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New Haven
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Or the farmer in the Dell
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Verse 6
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How about
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The hairdresser from New London
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The tennis pro from Fairfield
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The Fuller Brush man from Bristol
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The fisherman from Mystic
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The novelist from New Canan
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The usher at the movie theater
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The architect from Guilford
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The man on the carousel
Outro 1
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The Wives Are in Connecticut
Carly Simon
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