Dusty Springfield - Sandra Lyrics
(barry manilow / enoch anderson)Shes a great little housewifeThough sometimes she talks like a foolBut she helps at the store in the holiday rushAnd she picks up the kids after schoolAnd she puts down the phoneWhen her husband comes homeAnd she changes from mother to wifetil she feels the words hanging between themAnd she hangs by her words to her lifeShe says....I swear I love my husbandI love my kidsI wanted to be like my motherBut if I hadnt done it as soon as I didOh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myselfSo many things that she wishesShe dont even know what shes missingAnd thats how she knows that she missedShes a sweetheart except when shes moodyIts hard to get through to her thenDepressed for a while when the youngest was bornAh, but that happens now and againAh, she might take a drink with the houseworkOr when michaels kept late at the shopA martini or two before dinnerBut she always knows when to stopShe says....I swear I love my husbandAnd I love my kidsAnd, though I wanted to be like my motherBut if I hadnt done it as soon as I didOh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myselfSo many things that she wishesShe dont even know what shes missingAnd thats how she knows that she missedOh, they used to hold hands at the moviesNow its seldom, if ever, they goOnce you pay for the sitter, and parking the carTheres no money left for the showShe was doing the dishesWhen a glass fell and broke on the tileAnd she cut her wrist, quite by mistakeIt was real touch and go for a whileShe says....Oh god, I love my husbandAnd I love my kidsWell, I wanted to be like my motherBut if I hadnt done it as soon as I didOh, there might have been time to be me for myself, for myselfSo many things that she wishesShe dont even know what shes missingAnd thats how she knows that she missed
