The day that we were married the people shook my hand
They said we two were now as one and me the lucky man
From that day on that's all I ever wanted us to be
Until the day you told me we'd be three

Then we began to waiting and made our little jokes
You couldn't look at monkeys and I gave up my smokes
You prophesied he'd be a boy and look a lot like me
Lord but I was proud that we'd be three

One night the endless days of waiting all came to an end
You woke me from my restless sleep and said we must go in
The sun won't rise on any day again like that for me
The day had come that two would soon be three

I smoked that endless burning chain of bitter cigarettes
I must have walked a thousand miles with fear in every step
Two long days and two long nights and I refused to sleep
And they were losing hope that we'd be three

The preacher came the doctor came and said I must be brave
I remember saying it was more than I could take
Now what's the world to do with such a crazy man like me
A lonely one who wanted to be three