Guess it doesn't matter that Will had our mechanic check out The Beast
Had she asserted her stubborn streak right from the start
She'd not be ours, But she kept her stubborness secret until
Several weeks after Will had signed on the dotted line
Once that stubborn streak emerges and
The sun sets on my husband's love affair with The Beast
It's likely that each time Will's frustration is aired
Barry must feel more than a bit self righteous deep inside—however
The Line Of Control guides him toward making good use of self restraint
As one SUV looks as rugged as the next to me
I can't imagine why Barry bristles each time
Her name comes up in conversation ...
However, if the truth be told, what did I know, back then, of
Guys and chick magnet machines—nada ...
So in response to my trying
To smooth ruffled feathers one time too many
Here's what I get in return ...
Mom!—explodes Barry during his umpteenth attempt to
Filter teen-aged 'common' sense into my adult female brain—
What's cool to you isn't cool to me!
Guys don't buy Suburbans for themselves ...
Guys buy Suburbans for their wives and kids!
I really wanted that Dodge Ram!
And there it is—smoldering resentment unleashed, at last ...
Suggesting that The Line of Control
Does not come with a lifetime guarantee
Though we owned The Beast for roughly a year
She never offered our family a ski weekend getway ...
That's right! Not even once! Why not?
Within weeks of embracing her as our own
The Bitch, I mean The Beast, flaunted her stubborn streak by
Selfishly refusing to close her driver's window ...
Thus denying our needs
And with the passage of time ... and no matter
How many mechanics we employed to fix her up
No one ever figured out which of her wires were crossed, so
In the long run, this stubborn streak did not bode well for
The Bitch making peace with any of us ...
First of all, Barry's attitude influenced Steven and David
And though he'd tolerated her presence with quiet resignation
It was not hard to sense the depth of eldest brother's irritation
As for The Three Muskateer's parents, well
Though we didn't know it at the time ...
Will and I were perfectionists, suggesting this:
That which we couldn't fix drove us both crazy
Therefore, as long as this problem remained unresolved ...
Serenity escaped our happy home ... you see ...
The Bitch and her open window
Couldn't be left in the school parking lot without
Worrying that some punk would hotwire and steal her
She couldn't care less when our kids got soaked when it rained
Her open window forbade us from playing in cold mountain snows
When one mechanic suggested closing the window for good
Fear made me refuse ...
What if there's another accident and The Beast catches fire and
The kids need to get out of that window and they can't kick it out!
Annie—that's so far fetched!
Will—I won't make a decision based in practicality that might
Place the kids in harm's way
(Heads up: Check out that italicized word, five lines up :)
Had she asserted her stubborn streak right from the start
She'd not be ours, But she kept her stubborness secret until
Several weeks after Will had signed on the dotted line
Once that stubborn streak emerges and
The sun sets on my husband's love affair with The Beast
It's likely that each time Will's frustration is aired
Barry must feel more than a bit self righteous deep inside—however
The Line Of Control guides him toward making good use of self restraint
As one SUV looks as rugged as the next to me
I can't imagine why Barry bristles each time
Her name comes up in conversation ...
However, if the truth be told, what did I know, back then, of
Guys and chick magnet machines—nada ...
So in response to my trying
To smooth ruffled feathers one time too many
Here's what I get in return ...
Mom!—explodes Barry during his umpteenth attempt to
Filter teen-aged 'common' sense into my adult female brain—
What's cool to you isn't cool to me!
Guys don't buy Suburbans for themselves ...
Guys buy Suburbans for their wives and kids!
I really wanted that Dodge Ram!
And there it is—smoldering resentment unleashed, at last ...
Suggesting that The Line of Control
Does not come with a lifetime guarantee
Though we owned The Beast for roughly a year
She never offered our family a ski weekend getway ...
That's right! Not even once! Why not?
Within weeks of embracing her as our own
The Bitch, I mean The Beast, flaunted her stubborn streak by
Selfishly refusing to close her driver's window ...
Thus denying our needs
And with the passage of time ... and no matter
How many mechanics we employed to fix her up
No one ever figured out which of her wires were crossed, so
In the long run, this stubborn streak did not bode well for
The Bitch making peace with any of us ...
First of all, Barry's attitude influenced Steven and David
And though he'd tolerated her presence with quiet resignation
It was not hard to sense the depth of eldest brother's irritation
As for The Three Muskateer's parents, well
Though we didn't know it at the time ...
Will and I were perfectionists, suggesting this:
That which we couldn't fix drove us both crazy
Therefore, as long as this problem remained unresolved ...
Serenity escaped our happy home ... you see ...
The Bitch and her open window
Couldn't be left in the school parking lot without
Worrying that some punk would hotwire and steal her
She couldn't care less when our kids got soaked when it rained
Her open window forbade us from playing in cold mountain snows
When one mechanic suggested closing the window for good
Fear made me refuse ...
What if there's another accident and The Beast catches fire and
The kids need to get out of that window and they can't kick it out!
Annie—that's so far fetched!
Will—I won't make a decision based in practicality that might
Place the kids in harm's way
(Heads up: Check out that italicized word, five lines up :)
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