[Verse]
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 a roast done to perfection
Plus his favorite soufflé
Happy as the clock strikеs seven
The clock strikеs eight
Then nine, ten, eleven

[Chorus]
Happy to keep his dinner warm
While he goes onward and upward
Happy to keep his dinner warm
'Til 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 downtown?"
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
'Til he comes wearily home from downtown