(Vernon Rust)      Well I ain't proud of what I'm about to do   All alone up here with you   With the picture of your man   Face down upon the night stand, so he can't see   And I don't like running all the red lights here    Every time the coast is clear   Any time you need my lovin'   You know I'll come running, faithfully      (Chorus)   Cause he stays so busy with his money   And you, you get so lonely when he's gone    And me, I'm just your temporary lover   'Til your blues are gone   I'm the man of the house whenever he ain't home      Now the statues on the side of that big gate    They're laughing as I drive away   And I can't keep from thinking   Are they laughing at your old man or at me    And the only part that I don't like to play   Is the part when I get up and go away   I find it mighty hard   Just keeping this old heart tucked away   Cause he stays...      (Repeat Chorus)      I'm the man of the house   When your other man ain't home