Quality Time

[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

[Verse 4]

They want stickers on the music, they want the laws turned around

They want the cops to run Beavis and Butthead out of town

They say they care about their children, but it's just too damn hard

To turn off that TV or to sell off that car

[Chorus]

They like those nice big houses, they like those 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

[Verse 5]

There's a whole lot of people who can't make ends meet

On the wages that they're earning, I know a family can't eat

I am talking about people who would sell their kid's soul

To keep up with the Jones's, no matter the toll

[Chorus]

They like those big houses, they like those 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

[Outro]

When they do get together, it's quality time