Quality Time Iris DeMent

[Verse 1]
She's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the other
And she says, "Life's too short to stay at home and be a mother"
She said she could have it all because that's the New Deal
So God give her a hand 'cause she needs one for the wheel

[Verse 2]
When he gets home from work, it's well after seven
But he drives a nice car and so he thinks he's in Heaven
His kids hardly know him, but they've all got nice clothes
And in just a few hours more overtime he can pay off that boat

[Chorus]
They've got nice big houses, they've got nice big cars
And it looks from the outside like they're really going far
But there's trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around

[Verse 3]
When they get around to dinner, they're damn near half-dead
So they drive through McDonald's and put their kids off to bed
They're upwardly mobile and everything is fine
'Cause when they do get together, man, it's quality time

[Chorus]
They've got nice big houses, they've got nice big cars
It looks from the outside like they're really going far
There is trouble in the engine and we're junkyard-bound
If some moms and some dads don't start hanging around