Cappuccino Girls

Hey, yeah Let's here it for the cappuccino girls Girl one is a picture-perfect wife Credit cards, manicures, a picture-perfect life She drives a sports car given as a present When the baby came She's bored to tears, so she reaches for the sherry Wastes an hour watching Jerry Springer on the telly Crying, says she thinks another 20 years of this She's gonna go insane Hey, yeah Let's hear it for the cappuccino girls Talking way too loud Laughing with each other Like the days before they were just someone else's mother Hey, you're looking good, you cappuccino girls Holding on together, hoping everybody survives Just like desperate housewives Girl two thinks her life's become a mess She feels a failure while her husband's a success Shelved her career plans Concentrating now on the children's lives He's never home, she's convinced herself she knows That someone else's perfume, she can smell from his clothes She pretends she's fast asleep As she hears his car pull into the drive Hey, yeah Let's hear it for the cappuccino girls Looking for a change that simply never, ever arrives Just like desperate housewives Volvo cars and soccer Sundays Birthday parties, end of term plays Making cakes for the PTA you know you'll simply throw away Shattered dreams and end of snow shows Make excuses, he sends a red rose "Next time", he says, "it will be different" Who's he kidding? Everybody knows Hey, yeah Let's hear it for the cappuccino girls Make the coffee last Putting off the chores Laughing at the antics like the ones behind closed doors Hey, yeah You're doing fine, you cappuccino girls Holding on together Making sure the sister survives Just like desperate housewives Let's hear it for the cappuccino girls You're doing fine, you cappuccino girls