Nine Month Blues

Lyrics

If you can't be careful, try to be good Well, we cared and we cared as much as we could We always agreed, me and my man We said someday we'll try the family plan The first thing we tried was nothing at all It was an amateur ride and everything still falls We tried it my times, followed my moon But then someday came a little too soon I got the nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose But he was kind of happy when he heard my news I got the nine month blues There was him and me and the baby make three But we made up our minds to stay that way With little ditty things made of rubber and such Accosted by friends we decide to go dutch When they said "I do" it was a solemn oath So we did and we did and it cleaves us both Still can't figure out what when wrong But that's the first line of the nine month song I got the nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose Get out the dress and the sensible shoes I got the nine month blues I said this time around I'm gonna catch my stone I'm gonna have a chance to call my life my own But the SPC and FDA, they said to keep that child, don't fling it away The doctor said he had the right to refuse The law says if you want to beat the noose You gotta be rich but near your grave So away we went again on the nine month rave I got the nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose And that time around I got him to choose I got the nine month blues The next thing we tried was the capital P An I-L-L is what that made me My head burst open and then I nearly went crazy And then my moon started rising every 14 days I said I may be sick but I'm safe and free We started making honey like a couple of bees One monday morning I must have forgot Dropped me right back to the nine month slot I got the nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose Won't my old man be happy when he hears my news? I got the nine month blues I got kids everywhere, two, three, four, five I just can't swim without taking the dive I went for advice, he says to me He said the next thing to try is the IUD But the small loopa dee loop Has a margin of error then you're in the soup But your kid will be normal so don't you fret Even though you're in it for the nine month bled I got the nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose I better get my old man to disconnect this tubes I got the nine month blues I love my man, I love my kids But if I have anymore I'm gonna blow my lid It's not just the forty weeks that are on my mind It's also the washing hanging on my life It could be the worry of an old man's face Thinking about the future of the female race It all began with a love and a laugh But then so much care such a long time after Every nine month blues Too much gain, too much to lose Now don't you think we oughta have the right to choose I got the nine month blues