Millie

Jim the painter's ex wife Millie says she loved him But I grew tired of him she'll have you know He would not work his heart was set on sketching And his great dream was to have his work on show. He had her convinced he would become famous And that in the fruits of his success she'd share That he'd send Kate and Joe to the best college When his talents would make him a millionaire. She worked to support him and their two children She had to as his art was not going well In four years he had only sold four paintings And only for a pittance he did sell. Till she grew tired of him and all his dreamings And she left him and took their children Kate and Joe And Jim the painter still sketching and dreaming He has not changed since fifteen years ago. She has heard he now lives with a younger woman And that she works as she did to support his dream She thought that she was the last of the naive souls But thought again had proved her wrong 'twould seem. She meets her man friend once a week for dinner You might call it a casual affair She says she doesn't love him or he doesn't love her And as feelings go there are no feelings there. Millie the ex wife of a minor artist Of past mistakes she seems all too aware And Jim the painter still sketching and dreaming Of when he'll be famous and a millionaire.