Shes 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 hadnt done it as soon as I did
Oh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myself?
Theres so many things that she wishes
She dont even know what shes missin
And thats how she knows that she missed
And shes a sweetheart, except when shes moody
Its 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 Michaels kept late at the shop
A martini or two before dinner
But she always knows when to stop
She says, ?God, I love my husband and I love my kids
And though I wanted to be like my mother
But if I hadnt done it as soon as I did
Oh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myself?
Theres so many things that she wishes
She dont even know what shes missin
And thats how she knows that she missed
Oh, they used to hold hands at the movies
Now its seldom if ever they go
Once youve paid for the sitter and parkin the car
Theres 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, ?God, I love my husband and I love my kids
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
But if I hadnt done it as soon as I did
Oh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myself
Theres so many things that she wishes
She dont even know what shes missin
And thats how she knows that she missed