I’m the cuckold no one knows about.
(Does anyone remember our betrothal?)
Hiding in my last redoubt.
(Does anyone remember our betrothal?)
Hiding in my last redoubt.
To be redoubtable means there’s no doubt
about you coming through with the proposal,
so you can BE the cuckold no one knows about
about you coming through with the proposal,
so you can BE the cuckold no one knows about
in the first place. I gave a mighty shout
like the Israelites in the Battle of Jericho,
rubble raining down on my redoubt.
like the Israelites in the Battle of Jericho,
rubble raining down on my redoubt.
But that just helped me protect myself better,
underwriting my doubt that the walls
would ever come a-tumblin’ down; and no one knows about
underwriting my doubt that the walls
would ever come a-tumblin’ down; and no one knows about
all the troubles that came after that—
the jeers and catcalls.
I took refuge in this grim redoubt,
the jeers and catcalls.
I took refuge in this grim redoubt,
but only as a way to flout
protocol and etiquette. In these hallowed halls,
I'm the cuckold that no one knows about,
hiding in my last redoubt.
protocol and etiquette. In these hallowed halls,
I'm the cuckold that no one knows about,
hiding in my last redoubt.
