Wifehood

Blaise introduced me yesterday to a song from Jonathan Richman:

When I say 'wife'
it's cause I can't find another word
for the way we are
but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged
'wife' sounds like laundry

When I say 'wife'
it's cause I can't find another word
for the way we are
but 'wife' sounds like you're mortgaged
sounds like the family car