She's a great little housewife 她是一个伟大的小主妇

Though sometimes she talks like a fool 虽然有时候她说话像一个傻瓜

But she helps at the store in the holiday rush 不过，她帮助在商店在节日高峰

And she picks up the kids after school 她拿起放学后的孩子们

And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home 她放下电话时，她的丈夫回家

And she changes from mother to wife 她改变了从母亲到妻子

'Til she feels the words hanging between them 直到她感觉的话挂在它们之间

And she hangs by her words to her life 她挂了她的话，以她的生命

   

She says, I swear I love my husband, I love my kids 她说，我发誓我爱我的老公，我爱我的孩子们

I wanted to be like my mother 我想成为像妈妈

But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did 但是，如果我没那么做，只要我做了

Oh there might have been time to be me 哦，有可能是时候要我

For myself, for myself 至于我自己，我自己

There's so many things that she wishes 还有，她希望这么多东西

She don't even know what she's missin' 她甚至不知道她的想念

And that's how she knows that she missed 这就是她怎么知道，她错过了

   

She's a sweetheart, except when she's moody 她是个甜心，除了当她的喜怒无常

It's hard to get through to her then 很难打通她的话

Depressed for a while when the youngest was born 郁闷了一会，当年轻的诞生

Oh but that happens now and again 哦，但出现这种情况，现在又

She might take a drink with the housework 她可能需要喝一杯做家务

Or when Michael's kept late at the shop 或者当迈克尔在店里不停地晚

A Martini or two before dinner 晚餐前马提尼或两个

But she always knows when to stop 但是她总是知道何时停止

   

She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids 她说，我发誓我爱我的丈夫和我爱我的孩子

You know I wanted to be like my mother 你知道我想成为像妈妈

But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did 但是，如果我没那么做，只要我做了

Oh there might have been time to be me 哦，有可能是时候要我

For myself, for myself 至于我自己，我自己

There's so many things that she wishes 还有，她希望这么多东西

She don't even know what she's missin' 她甚至不知道她的想念

And that's how she knows that she missed 这就是她怎么知道，她错过了

   

Oh they used to hold hands at the movies 哦，他们曾经牵手看电影

Now it's seldom if ever they go 现在，很少如果有的话，他们去

Once you've paid for the sitter and parkin' the car 一旦你已经付了保姆和帕金车

There's no money left for the show 有没有余钱的演出

She was doing the dishes 她做的菜

When a glass fell and broke on the tile 当玻璃跌断的瓷砖

And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake) 她把她的手腕（相当错误）

It was real touch and go for a while 这是真实的触摸，去了一会

   

She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids 她说，哦，上帝，我爱我的丈夫，我爱我的孩子

You know I wanted to be like my, my mother 你知道我想成为像我的，我的母亲

But if I hadn't done it as soon as I did 但是，如果我没那么做，只要我做了

Oh there might have been time to be me 哦，有可能是时候要我

For myself, for myself 至于我自己，我自己

There's so many things that she wishes 还有，她希望这么多东西

She don't even know what she's missin' 她甚至不知道她的想念

And that's how she knows that she missed 这就是她怎么知道，她错过了