Take a husband who enjoys other women take a wife that's left alone a lot Take a paycheck that's been all spent on liquior That's the recipe for marriage on the rocks See a wife that's starvin' for his lovin' He takes for granted the best things life has got Take his whiskey and mix it with my teardrops That's the recipe for marriage on the rocks [ steel ] He can nightspot that's got too fast us women And you'll find him hangin' round there like as not He don't know what's inside that glass he's holdin' That's the recipe for marriage on the rocks See a wife that's starvin'... That's the recipe for marriage on the rocks