[Intro] | |    | | |    | | | | | | [Verse 1] The scaffolder’s wife driving out of the yard with a face that’s as hard as a scaffolder’s bar - When she goes into town she might take the top down - on the car    [Verse 2] The quick little steps in the stiletto boots and the hair with the roots She comes in as a rule to get the nails done and the tan for the sun when the kids are in school     [Chorus] Don’t begrudge her the Merc it’s been nothing but work and a  hard     life Losing her looks over company books - the scaffolder’s wife [Interlude] | / | | / | | |     |   |     |    | |   | | [Verse 3] In the wicked old days when they went it alone kept the company going on a wing and a prayer They don’t pay what they owe when they have the cash flow - they don’t care     [Chorus] Don’t begrudge her the Merc it’s been nothing but work and a  hard      life Losing her looks over company books - the scaffolder’s wife [Outro] | | / | | / | | | / | | / | | | / | | / | | | / | | / | | |    | | |    | | | | | | | |    | | |    | | | | | | | |    | | |    | | | | | |