Jonathan Richman - My Career As A Homewrecker lyrics

Well I had just met the
Girl and her boyfriend
She was ready for leaving him
And I was the way, I was the key
I was her way to say, "I'm free"
And he would never talk about it
Which made me sad
I didn't see what we'd done that was so bad
We were all about twenty one
My career as a home wrecker had just begun
I was thinkin' about the Boston
Rock scene one fine day
And found it too conservative, you might say
I knew her well, I knew him terrific
What's wrong if we wanted something specific?
He never talked about it which hurted me
I never saw why such sorrow had to be
I was now about twenty four
And I was called homewrecker once more
If someone's mad at me
Why can't they tell me so?
Why do they just avoid me?
If someone's mad at me
Why can't they tell me so?
Because I would want to know
Meanwhile out on the West Coast
I started wreckin' homes
Tryin' to convince girlfriends to
Leave and roam now I didn't touch 'em
'cause I didn't want 'em
But I wanted to affect 'em
I wanted to haunt 'em
And this was the following year
My career as a homewrecker was in third gear
Another case of homewreckin' I half did
Was the girl who loved me
No matter what she said
She tried to hide it as long as she could
To save her boyfriend pain but it did no good
You see I have certain
Trades and certain wants
Sometimes I'll try a certain thing
To provoke a response
Sometimes I'll break a rule just
To see who looks
Sometimes I'll knock on a door
Just to see what cooks
My career as a homewrecker is not yet through
There's all these homewreckin' things to do
Sometimes I'll break a rule just
To see who cares
Sometimes I'll knock just to see who's there