Your Wife Don't Understand You

"Your Wife Don't Understand You"

Song Information Singers: Beverly D'Angelo Characters: Lurleen Lumpkin Length: 1:35 Writer(s): Jeff Martin Album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Appearance(s): "Colonel Homer"

"Your Wife Don't Understand You" is a song sung by Lurleen Lumpkin.

Homer heard Lurleen sing the song at The Beer -N- Brawl, and later helped her record it on CD.

Lyrics

Episode version

Lurleen:

Work all day for some old man

Sweat n' break your back.

Homer:

Yeah.

Lurleen:

Then you go home to your castle,

But your queen won't cut you slack.

Homer:

That's true.

Lurleen:

That's why you're losin' all your hair,

That's why you're overweight.

Homer:

Uh-huh.

Lurleen:

That's why you flipped your pickup truck

Right off the interstate.

Homer:

That's right! Except for the pickup truck.

Lurleen:

There's a lot of bull they hand you,

There's nothin' you can do,

Your wife don't understand you, but I do.

No, your wife don't understand you, but I do.

I said no one understands you but I do!

Album version

Announcer:

Our next act is our very own singing waitress, Lurleen. (audience whoops) So I'm, uh, afraid drink service will stop for just a few moments. (audience boos) They're all yers.

Homer:

Stupid Marge tell me to shut up.

Lurleen:

Thank you. Tonight I'd like to try somethin' a little different. It's a song I wrote while I mopped up your dried blood and teeth.

Work all day for some old man

Sweat n' break your back.

Homer:

Yeah.

Lurleen:

Then you go home to your castle,

But your queen won't cut you slack.

Homer:

That's true.

Lurleen:

That's why you're losin' all your hair,

That's why you're overweight.

Homer:

Uh-huh.

Lurleen:

That's why you flipped your pickup truck

Right off the interstate.

Homer:

That's right! Except for the pickup truck.

Lurleen:

There's a lot of bull they hand you,

There's nothin' you can do,

Your wife don't understand you, but I do.

No, your wife don't understand you, but I do.

I said no one understands you but I do!

Homer:

Hey, hey, Lurleen. I gotta say somethin' to ya.

Lurleen;

I'm listenin'.

Homer

Your song touched me in a way I've never felt before. And which way to the can?

Behind the Laughter

It is the fourteenth track on the album Songs in the Key of Springfield.

Appearances

• Episode – "Colonel Homer"

Songs in the Key of Springfield
The Simpsons Main Title Theme (Extended Version) • We Do (The Stonecutters' Song) • Dancin' Homer (Medley) (Crosstown Bridge • Capitol City) • Homer & Apu (Medley) (Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? • Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? (Reprise)) • 'Round Springfield (Medley) (Bleeding Gums Blues • A Four-Headed King • There She Sits, Brokenhearted • Jazzman) • Oh, Streetcar! (The Musical) (White-Hot Grease Fires (Prologue) • Long Before the Superdome • New Orleans • I Thought My Life Would Be a Mardi Gras • I Am Just a Simple Paper Boy • Stella! • She Flies • The Kindness of Strangers) • Jingle Bells • $pringfield (Medley) (The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Big Band Vegas) • Gracie Films Logo) • "Itchy & Scratchy" Main Title Theme • "Itchy & Scratchy" End Credits Theme • "The Day the Violence Died (Medley)" (Not Jazz Chor, But Sad Chor • The Amendment Song) • Señor Burns • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Afro-Cuban" Version) • Your Wife Don't Understand You • Kamp Krusty (Medley) (South of the Border • Gracie Films Logo) • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Australian" Version) • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Hill Street Blues" Homage) • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Homage) • Treehouse of Horror V (Medley) (Controlling the Transmission (Prologue) • The Simpsons Halloween Special Main Title Theme) • Honey Roasted Peanuts • Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood (Medley) (Saved by the Bell • Jackpot • Springfield, Springfield (Parts 1 & 2) • Remember This? • Another Edwardian Morning) • Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (Medley) (The Pick of the Litter • See My Vest) • Eye on Springfield Theme • Flaming Moe's • Homer's Barbershop Quartet (Medley)‎ (One Last Call • Baby on Board) • TV Sucks‎ • A Fish Called Selma (Medley) (Troy Chic • Stop the Planet of the Apes • Dr. Zaius • Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z) • Send In the Clowns • The Monorail Song • In Search of an Out of Body Vibe • Cool • Bagged Me a Homer • It Was a Very Good Beer • Bart Sells His Soul (Medley) (From God's Brain to Your Mouth • In the Garden of Eden) • Happy Birthday, Lisa • The Simpsons Halloween Special End Credits Theme ("The Addams Family" Homage) • "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One (Medley) (Who Dunnit? • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("JFK" Homage)) • Lisa's Wedding (Medley) (The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Renaissance" Version) • Gracie Films Logo) • The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Dragnet" Homage)