C7
C
She looks in the mirror and stares at the
F
Wrinkles that weren’t there yesterday
G
C
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
F
C
Dm
E7
What would he think if he saw her this way
C
She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion
F
As something comes into her mind
G
C
Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
F
C
Dm
G7
And all of the boys she had waiting in line
C
Dm
C
Dm
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
C
Dm
C
G
You see everywhere any time of the day
F
C
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
F
From the closet and slowly turns the page
G
C
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
F
C
Dm
E7
The first one he gave her now withered with age
C
She closes her eyes and touches the
F
House dress that suddenly disappears
G
And just for the moment she’s wearing the gown
F
C
Dm
G7
That broke all their minds back so many years
C
Dm
C
Dm
Oh such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
C
Dm
C
G
You see everywhere any time of the day
F
C
An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me
G
C7
G7
C
F
E7
Dm
