Iris DeMent - Quality Time Lyrics
She's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the otherand she says, "Life's too short to stay home and be a mother"She says she can have it all 'cause that's The New Dealso God give her a hand, 'cause she needs one for the wheelWhen he gets home from work, it's well after sevenBut he drives a nice car so he thinks he's in Heavenand his kids hardly know him but they've all got nice clothesand in just a few hours more overtime he can pay-off that boatAnd they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big carsand it looks, from the outside, like they're really going farbut there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-boundif some moms and some dads don't start hanging aroundWhen they get around to dinner they're damn near half-deadso they drive through McDonald's and put the kids off to bedBut they're upwardly mobile and everything is fine'cause when they do get together, it's quality timeAnd they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big carsand it looks, from the outside, like they're really going farbut there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-boundif some moms and some dads don't start hanging aroundThey want stickers on the music, they want the laws turned aroundThey want the cops to run Beavis and Butthead outta townThey say they care about their children, but it's just too damn hardTo turn off that TV or sell off that carAnd they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big carsand it looks, from the outside, like they're really going farbut there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-boundif some moms and some dads don't start hanging aroundT
