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