WHY DO I PUT UP WITH YOU
(Hank Mills / David Wilkins)

Ferlin & Bettie Husky - 1965



 
BOTH:
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you and the little things you do
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you the way I do

FERLIN:
You bring the kitchen to the bedroom while you're readin'
And I wake up with cheese and crackers in my hair
And when I go to take a shower, I start screamin'
'Cause I get lost in your nylon jungle there

BOTH:
Oh, I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you the way I do

BETTIE:
You throw your clothes around the room in all directions 
(FH: Gotta have somewhere to put 'em)
And then you wonder why my work is never done 
(FH: You know it's done)
The little workshop in the basement never sees you 
(FH: I gotta go down there)
Until my favourite TV program's comin' on 
(FH: You watch TV all the time)

BOTH:
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you the way I do

(Instrumental Break)

BOTH:
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you the way I do

FERLIN:
At two o'clock I call and say we're goin' dancin'
To give you time to make your face and fix your hair 
(BH: Somebody's gotta notice me)
At eight o'clock we're runnin' in and out of dress shops
Because you say you haven't got a thing to wear 
(BH: I don't!)
(FH: Your closets are full)

BOTH:
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you the way I do

BETTIE:
On Friday night you promise me that we'll go shoppin' 
(FH: Well, I take ya)
Because on Saturday the sale is goin' off 
(FH: That's just a gimmick to get you in there)
But in the morning you say, "Honey, I'm so sorry 
(FH: Well, ev'rybody's sorry sometime)
I plum forgot that today I'm playin' golf" 
(FH: You know how I love golf)

BOTH:
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you and the little things you do
I don't know why I put up with you
I put up with you, but I do



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)