Sheand's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the other
and she says, andquot;lifeand's too short to stay home and be a motherandquot;
she says she can have it all and'cause thatand's the new deal
so god give her a hand, and'cause she needs one for the wheel
When he gets home from work, itand's well after seven
but he drives a nice car so he thinks heand's in heaven
and his kids hardly know him but theyand've all got nice clothes
and in just a few hours more overtime he can pay-off that boat
And theyand've got nice big houses, and theyand've got nice big cars
and it looks, from the outside, like theyand're really going far
but thereand's trouble in the engine and weand're junkyard-bound
if some moms and some dads donand't start hanging around
When they get around to dinner theyand're damn near half-dead
so they drive through mcdonaldand's and put the kids off to bed
but theyand're upwardly mobile and everything is fine
and'cause when they do get together, itand's quality time
And theyand've got nice big houses, and theyand've got nice big cars
and it looks, from the outside, like theyand're really going far
but thereand's trouble in the engine and weand're junkyard-bound
if some moms and some dads donand't start hanging around
They want stickers on the music, they want the laws turned around
they want the cops to run beavis and butthead outta town
they say they care about their children, but itand's just too damn hard
to turn off that tv or sell off that car
And theyand've got nice big houses, and theyand've got nice big cars
and it looks, from the outside, like theyand're really going far
but thereand's trouble in the engine and weand're junkyard-bound
if some moms and some dads donand't start hanging around
Thereand's a whole lot of people who canand't make ends meet
and on the wages that theyand're earning, i know a family canand't eat
but iand'm talking and'bout people who would sell their kidand's soul
to keep up with the jonesand', no matter the toll
And theyand've got nice big houses, and theyand've got nice big cars
and it looks, from the outside, like theyand're really going far
but thereand's trouble in the engine and weand're junkyard-bound
if some moms and some dads donand't start hanging around
When they do get together, itand's quality time
