E A E Jessie she stares like a cat with a bird that has fallen and broke its wing E A B Terri she puts on her make-up and wonders what promise the new day will bring A B E A B E Debbie stays home with the baby while I work my hands to the bone A E C# A B E Yeah I make a living they do the giving in a house we've been calling home A B E A B E Just a house we've been trying to live in just a place we've been calling our own A B E C# A B E Me and my wives have been spending our lives in a house we've been calling home E A E Jessie's the youngest she always needs answers to questions that I just don't know E A B Terri she can't sit still for a moment she's always in some hurry to go A B E A B E Debbie's been with me the longest we spend most of our time on the phone A E C# A B E Talking in rhymes with no reasons in mind for this house we've been calling home A B E A B E Just a house we've been trying to live in just a place we've been calling our own A B E C# A B E Me and my wives have been spending our lives in a house we've been calling home