Frank Loesser — Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm

New Rochelle New Rochelle That's the place where the mansion will be For me and the darling bright young man I've picked out for marrying me Oh, he'll do well I can tell So it isn't a moment too soon To plan on my life in New Rochelle The wife of my darling tycoon I'll be so happy in the cool suburban night With our dinner candles gleaming And our table sparkling bright Happy at the close of every day With the roast done to perfection Plus his favorite soufflé Happy as thе clock strikes seven Thе clock strikes eight Then nine, ten, eleven Happy to keep his dinner warm While he goes onward and upward Happy to keep his dinner warm 'Till he comes wearily home from downtown I'll be there waiting until his mind is clear While he looks through me Right through me Waiting to say: "Good evening dear I'm pregnant What's new with you from down town?" Oh, to be loved By a man I respect To bask in the glow Of his perfectly, understandable neglect Oh, to belong in the aura of his frown Darling busy frown Such heaven! Wearing the wifely uniform While he goes onward and upward Happy to keep his dinner warm 'Till he comes wearily home From downtown