(barry manilow / enoch anderson)

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
So many things that she wishes
She don't even know what she's missing
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
Ah, but that happens now and again
Ah, 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
And, though 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
So many things that she wishes
She don't even know what she's missing
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 pay for the sitter, and parking 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
Well, 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
So many things that she wishes
She don't even know what she's missing
And that's how she knows that she missed

• A House is Not a Home
• A Love Like Yours
• Am I The Same Girl?
• As Long as We Got Each Other
• Auf Dich Nur Wart Ich Immer Zu
• Baby Blue
• Be Somebody
• Bits & Pieces
• Blind Sheep
• Breakaway
• Breakin' up a Happy Home
• Bring Him Back
• Broken Blossoms
• But It's a Nice Dream
• Checkmate
• Closet Man
• Come on Home
• Comin' & Goin'
• Di Fronte All'amore
• Don't Call It Love
• Don't Speak of Love
• Donnez-moi
• Dream On
• Dusty Springfield
• Earthbound Gypsy
• Easy Evil
• Far Away Places
• Get Yourself to Love
• Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do
• Give Me The Night
• Gotta Get Used to You
• Heart & Soul
• Hollywood Movie Girls
• I Am Curious
• I Am Your Child
• I Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends
• I Don't Want to Go on Without You
• I Found Love With You
• I Just Fall in Love Again
• I Want Your Love Tonight
• I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love
• I'm Coming Home Again
• Island of Dreams
• It Goes Like It Goes
• Je Ne Peux Pas T'en Vouloir
• L'йt? Est Fini
• Learn to Say Goodbye
• Let Me Love You Once Before You Go
• Living Without Your Love
• Lose Again
• Love Me by Name
• Magic Garden
• Mama's Little Girl
• Meditation
• Morning Please Don't Come
• Mr Dream Merchant
• My Lagan Love
• Needle in a Haystack
• No Sad Songs for Me
• No Stranger Am I
• Nothing Rhymed
• Of All The Things
• Poor Wayfaring Stranger
• Quiet Pleasere's a Lady on Stage
• Reste Encore Un Instant
• Sandra
• Save Me Save Me
• Say I Won't Be There
• Sea & Sky
• Silver Threads & Golden Needles
• Soft Core
• Something in Your Eyes
• Sometimes Like Butterflies
• Sooner or Later
• Spooky
• Stupido Stupido
• Sweet Lover No More
• Sweet Ride
• Tanto So Che Poi Mi Passa
• That's The Kinda Love I Got for You
• The Colour of Your Eyes
• The Corrupt Ones
• The Other Side of Life
• Time & Time Again
• Time After Time
• Tu Che Ne Sai
• Tupelo Honey
• Turn Me Around
• Up on The Roof
• Very Fine Love
• Warten Und Hoffen
• Welcome Home
• What Have I Done to Deserve This
• Where Am I Going
• Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me
• Who Gets Your Love
• You Can Do It
• You Really Got a Hold on Me
• You Set My Dreams to Music