She's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the other
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and she says, "Life's too short to stay home and be a mother"
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She says she can have it all 'cause that's The New Deal
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so God give her a hand, 'cause she needs one for the wheel
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When he gets home from work, it's well after seven
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But he drives a nice car so he thinks he's in Heaven
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and his kids hardly know him but they've all got nice clothes
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and in just a few hours more overtime he can pay-off that boat
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And they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big cars
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and it looks, from the outside, like they're really going far
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but there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
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if some moms and some dads don't start hanging around
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When they get around to dinner they're damn near half-dead
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so they drive through McDonald's and put the kids off to bed
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But they're upwardly mobile and everything is fine
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'cause when they do get together, it's quality time
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And they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big cars
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and it looks, from the outside, like they're really going far
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but there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
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if some moms and some dads don't start hanging around
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They want stickers on the music, they want the laws turned around
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They want the cops to run Beavis and Butthead outta town
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They say they care about their children, but it's just too damn hard
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To turn off that TV or sell off that car
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And they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big cars
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and it looks, from the outside, like they're really going far
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but there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
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if some moms and some dads don't start hanging around
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There's a whole lot of people who can't make ends meet
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and on the wages that they're earning, I know a family can't eat
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But I'm talking 'bout people who would sell their kid's soul
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to keep up with the Jones', no matter the toll
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And they've got nice big houses, and they've got nice big cars
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and it looks, from the outside, like they're really going far
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but there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
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if some moms and some dads don't start hanging around
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When they do get together, it's quality time
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Quality Time
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