SHE LOOKS IN THE MIRROR
AND STARES 
AT THE WRINKLES THAT 

WEREN'T THERE 
YESTERDAY 
AND THINKS OF 
THE YOUNG MAN 

THAT SHE ALMOST 
MARRIED 
WHAT WOULD HE THINK 
IF HE SAW HER 

THIS WAY 
SHE PICKS UP 
HER APRON 
IN LITTLE GIRL FASHION 

AS SOMETHING 
COMES INTO HER MIND 
SLOWLY 
STARTS DANCING 

REMEMBERING 
HER GIRLHOOD 
AND ALL OF THE BOYS 
SHE HAD WAITING IN LINE 

OH SUCH ARE 
THE DREAMS OF 
THE EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 

YOU SEE EVERYWHERE 
ANYTIME OF THE DAY 
AN EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 

WHO GAVE UP 
THE GOOD LIFE 
FOR ME 


THE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 
SHE TAKES FROM 
THE CLOSET 
AND SLOWLY TURNS 

THE PAGE 
AND CAREFULLY 
PICKS UP 
THE CRUMBLING FLOWER

THE FIRST ONE 
HE GAVE HER 
NOW WITHERED WITH AGE
SHE CLOSES HER EYES 

AND TOUCHES 
THE HOUSE DRESS THAT 
SUDDENLY 
DISAPPEARS 

AND JUST FOR 
THE MOMENT 
SHE'S WEARING 
THE GOWN 

THAT BROKE ALL 
THEIR MINDS 
BACK SO MANY YEARS 
OH SUCH ARE 

THE DREAMS OF 
THE EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 
YOU SEE EVERYWHERE 

ANYTIME OF THE DAY 
AN EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 
WHO GAVE UP 

THE GOOD LIFE 
FOR ME 
OH SUCH ARE 
THE DREAMS OF 

THE EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 
YOU SEE EVERYWHERE 
ANYTIME OF THE DAY 

AN EVERYDAY 
HOUSEWIFE 
WHO GAVE UP 
THE GOOD LIFE 

FOR ME 
OH SUCH ARE 
THE DREAMS OF 
THE EVERYDAY 

HOUSEWIFE 
YOU SEE EVERYWHERE 
ANYTIME OF THE DAY