| She’s a great little housewife
|
| Though sometimes she talks like a fool
|
| But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
|
| And she picks up the kids after school
|
| And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
|
| And she changes from mother to wife
|
| 'Til she feels the words hanging between them
|
| And she hangs by her words to her life
|
| She says I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
|
| I wanted to be like my mother
|
| But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
|
| Oh there might have been time to be me
|
| For myself, for myself
|
| There’s so many things that she wishes
|
| She don’t even know what she’s missin'
|
| And that’s how she knows that she missed
|
| She’s a sweetheart, except when she’s moody
|
| It’s hard to get through to her then
|
| Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
|
| Oh but that happens now and again
|
| She might take a drink with the housework
|
| Or when Michael’s kept late at the shop
|
| A Martini or two before dinner
|
| But she always knows when to stop
|
| She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
|
| You know I wanted to be like my mother
|
| But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
|
| Oh there might have been time to be me
|
| For myself, for myself
|
| There’s so many things that she wishes
|
| She don’t even know what she’s missin'
|
| And that’s how she knows that she missed
|
| Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
|
| Now it’s seldom if ever they go
|
| Once you’ve paid for the sitter and parkin' the car
|
| There’s no money left for the show
|
| She was doing the dishes
|
| When a glass fell and broke on the tile
|
| And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
|
| It was real touch and go for a while
|
| She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
|
| You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
|
| But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
|
| Oh there might have been time to be me
|
| For myself, for myself
|
| There’s so many things that she wishes
|
| She don’t even know what she’s missin'
|
| And that’s how she knows that she missed |