"My Wife" lyrics - CHARLIE CHASE

My daughter came up to me the other day and said:
Dad, I know that one day I'll grow up and maybe be a wife and a mom
And she said:
I know what a mom is but what's a wife? Really?

I told her:
Sweetheart, a wife is a lot of things
She's that person with whom your daddy has shared his life so intimately
That a certain look, clearing of a throat or squeeze of a hand can provide complete communication
Someone I lived without for many years but now dread of thought of being away from for just a few days
She's an antidote for a tired husband's headache giving aspirin and a kind word
Even when she's come home from work with a headache herself

A wife's someone with whom a husband can have a meaningful communication
Whether it's a lively conversation where both of us [?] just to get in the next point
Or better than that - a silent conversation that lasts an hour or so

She's that someone who makes sure everyone gets a birthday card, including her mother-in-law
She's a person who has opinion on almost everything
And she knows so much about everything that she's right more often than not
Between the two of us we can usually come up with the right answer

My wife's the one who gets everything and everybody ready for the trip
While I sit in the car wondering - why is that girl so slow?
She's that wonderful person that will laught at my jokes even thought she has heard them 30 times before
She's so tender, she'll cry over practically nothing
And yet she's being tough enough to pull me through when that seemed that it's a whole world had fallen around me

She's being there to help me regain my confidence when the promotion didn't come through and
Then willing to put her own carreer dreams on hold when one finally did
She's that loving person who applies her first day kiss and a bandage for skin knees
She's that patient soul who picks up [?] for everyone
Someone who serves food and water to the family pet that everyone else promised to care for

My wife is the willow that grows at my side
And together we bend and adjust to what the winds of life bring to us
You know had we being [?] and unwilling to change and adapt
We probably would have snapped and broken in a storm a long time ago

She's the queen of my life
Whose royal duties including things like changing diapers and cooking and cleaning,
Driving the kids to music lessons and attending every kind of sports event you can think of
She's a teacher, a doctor, a chef, a banker, chauffeur, coach, lover, philosopher and friend

So, sweetheart, what is a wife?
A good wife is simply a gift from God