There are stars in her hair  She is sad and she is fair  And I feel her filling up my future  We will try, try our best  Not to end up like the rest  If she cries, I will soothe her    But what's the use?    When my kids disown me  And when she has outgrown me  At last I'll see  There can be no victory  You and I forever  Tangled in our tethers    Pile on the years  She is hungry, she is fierce  And our love is the yoke around her shoulders  And this house that we found  Has become our battleground  As we dine on our scissors and stones    When our faith deserts us  And when our hope just hurts us  At last we'll see  There can be no victory  You and I forever tangled in our tethers  Choking on the end of the line    Won't anybody answer?    When your kids disown you  And when she has dethroned you  Then come with me  For a glass of sympathy  All of us together, tangled in our tethers  Crying, I still love her  Though I'm quite sick of her  And this is all I knew I'd ever get  From her