所属专辑:The Way I Should
歌手: Iris DeMent
时长: 04:05
She's got a phone in one hand a hairbrush in the other[00:00:11]
And she says "Life's too short to stay home and be a mother"[00:00:16]
She says she can have it all 'cause that's The New Deal[00:00:21]
So God give her a hand 'cause she needs one for the wheel[00:00:25]
When he gets home from work it's well after seven[00:00:31]
But he drives a nice car so he thinks he's in Heaven[00:00:38]
And his kids hardly know him but they've all got nice clothes[00:00:43]
And in just a few hours more overtime he can pay-off that boat[00:00:48]
And they've got nice big houses and they've got nice big cars[00:00:52]
And it looks from the outside like they're really going far[00:00:58]
But there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound[00:01:03]
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around[00:01:08]
When they get around to dinner they're damn near half-dead[00:01:17]
So they drive through McDonald's and put the kids off to bed[00:01:21]
But they're upwardly mobile and everything is fine[00:01:28]
'Cause when they do get together it's quality time[00:01:31]
And they've got nice big houses and they've got nice big cars[00:01:35]
And it looks from the outside like they're really going far[00:01:41]
But there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound[00:01:48]
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around[00:01:52]
They want stickers on the music they want the laws turned around[00:02:02]
They want the cops to run Beavis and Butthead outta town[00:02:08]
They say they care about their children but it's just too damn hard[00:02:12]
To turn off that TV or sell off that car[00:02:17]
And they've got nice big houses and they've got nice big cars[00:02:23]
And it looks from the outside like they're really going far[00:02:28]
But there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound[00:02:33]
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around[00:02:38]
There's a whole lot of people who can't make ends meet[00:02:46]
And on the wages that they're earning I know a family can't eat[00:02:54]
But I'm talking 'bout people who would sell their kid's soul[00:02:58]
To keep up with the Jones' no matter the toll[00:03:05]
And they've got nice big houses and they've got nice big cars[00:03:08]
And it looks from the outside like they're really going far[00:03:13]
But there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound[00:03:18]
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around[00:03:24]
When they do get together it's quality time[00:03:30]