She makes his coffee, she makes his bed She does the laundry, she keeps him fed When she was twenty-one she wore her mothers lace She said forever with a smile upon her face She does the laundry, she P.T.A.'s Doctors and dentisits, she drives all day When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three And every Christmas card showed a perfect family CHORUS Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design spit and poish 'til it hsines, he thinks he'll keep her Everything is so benign, the safest place you'll ever find god forbid you change your mind, he thinks he'll keep her she packs his suitcase, she sits and waits with no expression upon her face, When she was thirty-six she met him at their door, she said i'm sorry i dont love you anymore CHORUS for 15 years she had a job and not one raise in pay now she's in the typing pool at minimum wage