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 Intro - - 2x

Mr Carmichael says that he loves his wife, I believe he does

 Gives her everything that a man can give

 But Mr Carmichael beggars himself on the altar of his love

 And you can tell him that that's not the way to live

 And oh how the wind has blown

 The leaves from the linden tree

 And oh when the night grows free

Why does Mrs Carmichael come to me?

Mrs Carmichael rises at ten, takes her time, is at her ease

 Drinking coffee in slippers and negligee

Opens the door and the milkman brings her dreams, there's no-one sees

 Except the statue of Venus and she won't say

 And oh how the wind has blown

 The leaves from the linden tree

 And oh when the night grows free

Why does Mrs Carmichael come to me?