7) SMARTER THAN ME

She wakes up at dawn, she showers, gets ready
Another day working for a paycheck that’s steady,
And she always looks good in her make up and skirts,
But you know she’s still gorgeous in sweat-pants and dirt,

And you watch how she moves with her long-legged walk,
She’s tall and she’s strong, clearly comes from good stock,
And her actions reveal she knows just what she wants,
And her humour’s the type that charmingly taunts,

And she’s smarter than me,
She’s not trying to break free,
Content with her lot as far as I can see,
She’s smarter than me.

She’s got her opinions and their solid as rocks,
And she states them quite clearly with confident talk,
And you can’t say about her, the woman is shy,
She isn’t afraid to look you in the eye,

And I am bold in my own way
But I’m nothing like her at all,
I imagine I could have been before my fall,
And it’s hard to say why we end up where we are,
She’s got what I wanted and I’m so very far,

And she’s smarter than me,
She isn’t struggling to break free
Content with her telly and her cup of tea,
She’s smarter than me

She’s got her routine, she knows how to unwind
With a bowl of some crisps and a glass of red wine,
She curls on the couch and she rolls out a smoke,
She knows she should quit and she laughs at the joke

That her honesty grants, she is modest, for sure,
Stoic and stubborn but essential and pure
She’s had her troubles, she’s had her pain,
But she always keeps going, right as rain,

And she’s smarter than me,
She’s not trying to break free,
Content with her imperfect family,
She’s smarter than me,

I could have been like her,
But as you can see,
She’s smarter than me.