Thanks for reading, dj! I'm glad someone relates.
Well, *I* had some issues with the lyrics, which is one reason i waited so long to post them. I never found a way to correct the problems, which are inherent in the song's basic concept, so I finally just gave up.
First, a minor problem: I'm afraid it sounds as if I'm singing about a vacuum cleaner. When I wrote "vacuum" I hoped people would think "vacuum" as in "empty space lacking matter," but whenever I read these lyrics I now envision a vacuum cleaner and start to laugh. I laughed for a year before deciding to post them anyway.
Second, a MAJOR problem: the song kind of sounds like I'm singing to someone who is involved with a man AND a woman at the same time. I never figured out a way to prevent this potential impression that the song is about a failed polygamist relationship.
On the positive side, I realized there aren't many songs to boost the spirits of polygamists whose love relationships have failed. So my lyrics may fill a niche much in need of filling!
My lyrics make me think of writing a REAL polygamist song, something like this:
"Wife Number One hates me.
Wife Number Two hates me, too.
But Wife Number Three,
she was so good to me,
until Number Four said 'I do.'"
