Oh well your father was a bit of a fool
Spent all his money putting you into school
Your only romance you found in a bookcase
It sounded so cool

So in your poetry and paintings you lived
As they were pushing your soul into a sieve
Until they'd battered you to bachelor fodder
Aimed at the rich

Came home, your first love already set
Young heir who you had never even met
A white wedding, a honeymoon
He was so fine and free of debt
But now

chorus
You're just a dinner lady
Dishing up, dishing up
Cooked vegetables, cooked animal
Lady
Dishing up, dishing up to
Blind vegetables, dumb animals

n the beginning you were dying to say
How you would honour, cherish, love and obey this man
And with his flowers and his friends of his father
You couldn't complain

But as he tramples upwards in his vocation
They've got a wife parade for every occasion
And now you're cooking every night for a big shot
So be a sensation

Hostess with charm to spare everyone
Make sure your leg is not overdone
And don't worry about your life
'Cause the contract's almost won

So now

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Those books you read never got this far
When you're not entertaining
He's down at the bar
Oh, what are you compared to the car?
You're just ornamental, oh yeah

Oh kitchen hand, can you see it now?
Well don't you go thinking it out loud
Just one step out of line
And he's going to have to slap you around
Oh now

repeat chorus

Lady, oh
You're just a dinner lady
Easy on the gravy
You're just a dinner lady
Oh
Just a dinner lady