She's got dinner on the table at seven

The kids are tucked in bed by nine-fifteen

And she's headed for a hotel at eleven

To meet a man her family's never seen. As the elevator takes her to her lover

She thinks about his wife at home asleep

And she knows it must be painful to discover

That the man you love's not always yours to keep. Well, she's one man's bride

And she's one man's on the side

She wonders why it takes two men

To keep her satisfied. She's a hard workin' house-wife

Right now she's occupied

She's one man's woman

And one man's on the side

Yes, she's one man's woman

And one man's on the side. She thinks about her husband when it's over

But she justifies her love affair somehow

She knows it can't go on like this forever

But she takes it all from day to day for now.