and she’s got no time in the evening
she’s got her sewing, she’s got the washing,
she’ll go upstairs and kiss all her children and
wipe the sweat from her brow
and she’s got no time by the morning
she’s got her cooking, she’s got the folding,
she’ll kiss her husband who’s been complaining and
she prays to god for a break
but god’s got no time for silly women
he wishes she’d go back to her kitchen and
keep collecting coupons and saving food stamps
he wishes she’d be the wife he’d made her out to be
but she’s got no time for whining husbands
who won’t do shit, just watch while she’s cleaning
she’ll stab him one day when nobody’s looking
but for now she’s your common housewife
she smudges her lipstick when she looks up in horror
because he's right there behind her staring in the mirror
and he’ll ask her for things she doesn’t want to give him
and she prays to god for some peace
but god’s got no time for silly women
he wishes she’d pour some wine
and just get drunk for an hour or two, maybe mix her drink up with turpentine
he wishes she’d leave him alone and be the wife he’d made her out to be
now she's throwing away her aprons and high heels
wasting away the day doing what she feels
now she's getting drunk on expensive sherry
and having an affair with his secretary
making plans she intends to keep
slipping him a few pills so he'll fall asleep
and won't hear her loading up the car and just driving
just driving
just driving
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018
The gentle lo-fi songs on the latest phoneswithchords LP develop their granular sketches of childhood and coming of age into full portraits. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2023