Started out in a place called Long Beach
Way out there, yeah way out ‘o reach!
Traveled around all over my life;
Didn’t mind it much and finally got a wife.
O she’s a girl a fellow couldn’t do without!
Got lots o’ good looks and plenty of clout;
Yeah she’s a fine little thing named Jayne.
Kept me straight and from all that “insaney”!
What’s a fellow to do when he ain’t got a dame?
Life is hard on the blind and the lame.
A woman strong keeps a fellow on track
Goes out to work but she always comes back.
Good for me that she loves me too
(If you got no one, sorry for you).
Two kids still around these days;
Keeps up straight and out of frays.
Ike’s a teacher and coaches those wrestlers
So we still aren’t empty-nesters,
And Petra’s here to keep us smilin’
Always a smile and never beguilin’.
Plenty to see until we’re through.
Life is given for us to “Do”!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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