When the Kids Are Gone Ray Stevens

Once our lives were all about kids
All about kids and the things kids did
Me and the missus and Little League games
And then one year when the summertime came

I said, "I think they're old enough
To go to summer camp and do summer camp stuff"
So we signed them up for a two-week stint
My wife said to me just before they went

"What are we gonna do when the kids are gone
For two long weeks and we're all alone?
Will we know how to act here on our own?
What are we gonna do" (What are we gonna do)
"When the kids are gone?"

And I said, "Hmm"

"Make love in the kitchen and howl at the moon
Run butt-naked through the dining room"
(Butt-naked, butt-naked through the dining room)
"Stay out late with all of our friends
And run hog-wild 'til the summer camp ends"

Well, there was dating and proms and graduation
Off to college for more education
Then one day, it became real clear
That it wouldn't be long 'til they wouldn't be here