I Sure Hope She Don't Find Out — A sheepish adult hides a bouquet, hat and receipt behind a turquoise car as a perceptive adult woman approaches a bright Merced diner

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I Sure Hope She Don't Find Out

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A husband's account of betrayal inside a family begins with secrecy and fear of discovery. He imagines the concealed relationships eventually becoming an unconventional shared household without further conflict. The refrain reverses from dread to relief, exposing the narrator's wish that discovery might resolve the consequences of what he has done.

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3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

I Sure Hope She Don't Find Out

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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I SURE HOPE SHE DON'T FIND OUT

She is my sweet Wife's little Sister
When she came she called me Mister
Then, I just had to kiss her
And I started just to miss her
She'll be comin’ ‘round again
After breakfast, round ‘bout 10
In my little Hometown of Riverbend
Where anything cool is a real Godsend

My Wife went off to work that day
And as they say, when the Cat’s away
All the little Mice come out to Play
It happened on a Saturday
I'd been doin’ drillin’ outside of Bakersfield
Then I drove a Combine in the Alabama Hills
My Body was like Sunshine, I gave the Ladies chills
I Love to work the outside when it's time to pay my bills

I don't know what came over me, when she drove over the hill
Then she was all over me, she was giving me a thrill
If it hadn't been for Emily, I would be up there still
I Sure Hope She Don’t Find Out
What me and little Janie found out about
For about a little minute, we were deep down in it
Keep yourself all fit and trim, give into her every whim
When she takes you around the bend, you start something that never ends

While everything just Fades Away, some things will last Forever
When your Wife and her little Sister turn into lifetime Lovers
Right back home in Riverbend, we danced Together till the End
Nothing broken, always hopin’, with no more fences we must mend
In Love Forever, the only way for what started on a Saturday
Maybe like a house of Mirrors where you can only see each other
Everything so Crystal clear, till it's time to get on out of here
Taste the Rain and feel the Thunder, no more undercover lovers

I'm so Happy that She Done Found Out
There was a time when I was hopin’ maybe she would come about
Emily and Janie made a Home out of a House
Man they look amazing in their matchin’ cotton blouse
Remember when I told you I Sure Hope She Don’t Find Out
I was looking for an Answer but I finally found it out
Now Love and Happiness are what our Life is all about
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