The first time i saw her
i couldnand't be sure
but the sin of impatience
said 'sheand's just what youand're looking for'
so i walked right up to her
and with the part of me that talks
i introduced myself as frank
from new york new york
sheand's so hot
sheand's so cool
iand'm not
iand'm just a fool in love with darling lorraine
All my life iand've been a wanderer
not really, i mostly lived near my parentsand' home
anyway lorraine and i got married
and the usual marriage stuff
then one day she says to me
from out of the blue
frank, iand've had enough
romance is a heartbreaker
iand'm not meant to be a homemaker
and iand'm tired of being darling lorraine
What - you donand't love me anymore?
what - youand're walking out the door?
what - you donand't like the way i chew?
hey let me tell you
youand're not the woman that i wed
you say youand're depressed but youand're not
you just like to stay in bed
i donand't need you darling lorraine
darling lorraine
lorraine
i long for your love
Financially speaking
i guess iand'm a washout
everybodyand's buy and sell
and sell and buy and
and thatand's what the whole thingand's all about
if it had not been for lorraine
iand'd have left here long ago
i should have been a musician
i love the piano
sheand's so light
sheand's so free
iand'm tight, well, thatand's me
but i feel so good
with darling lorraine
On christmas morning frank awakes
to find lorraine has made a stack of pancakes
they watch the television, husband and wife
all afternoon 'itand's a wonderful life'
What - you donand't love me anymore?
what - youand're walking out the door?
what - you donand't like the way i chew?
hey let me tell you
youand're not the woman that i wed
gimme my robe iand'm going back to bed
iand'm sick to death of you lorraine
Darling lorraine
lorraine
her hands like wood
the doctor was smiling
but the news wasnand't good
Darling lorraine
please donand't leave me yet
i know youand're in pain
pain you canand't forget
your breathing is like an echo of our love
maybe iand'll go down to the corner store
and buy us something sweet
hereand's an extra blanket honey
to wrap around your feet
all the trees were washed with april rain
and the moon in the meadow
took darling lorraine