Heart Of The House

You are the original template You are the original exemplary How seen were you actually? How revered were you, honestly, at the time? Why, pleased with your low maintenance You loved us more than we could've loved you back Where was your ally, your partner in feminine crime? Oh ho, mother, who's your buddy? Oh ho, mother, who's got your back? The heart of the house The heart of the house All hail the Goddess You were good ol' You were countin' on her till four a.m. You saw me run from the house In the snow melodramatically Oh ho, mother, who's your sister? Oh ho, mother, who's your friend? The heart of the house The heart of that house All hail the Goddess We left the men and we went for a walk in the Gatineaus And talked like women, like women to women would Women to women would Where did you get that from? Must've been your father, your dad I got it from you, I got it from you Do you see yourself in my gypsy garage sale ways? In my fits of laughter In my Tinkerbell tendencies In my lack of color coordination