That's How I Wanted It To Be Lyrics - Bobby Bare

I thought I'd like to lead the bachelor life for a while 

Live alone and have some fun 

So I told her to take the kids and go back to her mama 

(That's how I wanted it to be) and I felt satisfied it was done 

I wake up every morning make myself a cup of Jay 

Down to the factory that's where I spend my day 

Five o'clock the whistle blows and that leaves the evening free 

That's how I wanted it to be 

Well it didn't take me long to find out just how much I needed her 

So I wrote and told her to take the kids 

And come on back home cause I was ready to settle down now 

Well you see I just got her letter today 

And it seems she's found someone else someone she can depend on 

(That's how I wanted it to be) and she ain't comin' home no more 

I wake up every morning... 

That's how I wanted it to be