I can see the kitchen light   From the road where i park my bike   But it's dark there as it often is these days   And the gloomy living room   Really needs a dust and broom   But i can't brush your memory away      Her father was an admiral   In someone else's navy   And she had seen the world before I met her   She would wash and cook and clean   And all the other things between   And like a fool I just sat there and let her      Now i can feed and dress and wash myself   And I can sleep without the light on   Honey, I'm a big boy now   I don't know what she does    With all the money that I send her   She's running round the town with the Young Pretender      I haven't touched the garden   Since the day she walked away   From a love affair that bore only bitter fruit   She took everything she wanted   Which is why she left me here   With these pots and pans and my old wedding suit      A letter came one morning   That she would not let me see   And from that day I began to realise   That she would one day break   The home we tried to make   For sinners cannot live in Paradise      Now i can feed and dress and wash myself   And I can sleep without the light on   Honey, I'm a big boy now   I don't know what she does    With all the money that I send her   She's running round the town with the Young Pretender      I don't know what she does    With all the money that I send her   She's running round the town with the Young Pretender