《Family Grave(Demo)》歌词

歌曲： Family Grave(Demo)

所属专辑：Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976)

歌手： Jake Thackray

时长： 03:45

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Family Grave - Jake Thackray[00:00:00]

I’ve got uncles and aunties and[00:00:08]

Cousins and nephews and sisters-in-law [00:00:09]

Our family swarms with them; it teems;[00:00:12]

They are thicker than flies [00:00:14]

Sisters and brothers and cousins[00:00:16]

And daughters and mothers galore [00:00:17]

The only time when all of us[00:00:19]

Meet is when one of us dies [00:00:21]

At the grave at the grave [00:00:23]

At the family family grave [00:00:25]

Whenever you go there’s[00:00:27]

Always more arrive [00:00:29]

At the grave at the grave [00:00:31]

At the family family grave [00:00:33]

For every dead one there are[00:00:35]

Dozens of us alive live live[00:00:37]

Dead but there are dozens of us alive [00:00:39]

Take a family christening well[00:00:50]

Nobody goes to those [00:00:52]

And a family wedding more often[00:00:54]

Than not’s an all ticket affair [00:00:55]

But a funeral’s free for all you can[00:00:58]

Go in the same old clothes[00:01:00]

No need to buy him a present[00:01:02]

So all of the family’s there [00:01:03]

You sit in the chapel and whisper[00:01:06]

And meditate over the stiff [00:01:07]

You never speak ill of him – especially[00:01:09]

If you were close -[00:01:11]

But: "What a good family man and a[00:01:13]

Wonderful friend " even if[00:01:15]

The defunct was a pain in the arse[00:01:17]

And he died of a dose [00:01:19]

At the grave at the grave at the family [00:01:21]

Family grave [00:01:24]

Whenever you go there’s always more arrive [00:01:25]

At the grave at the grave at the[00:01:29]

Family family grave [00:01:31]

For every dead one there are dozens[00:01:32]

Of us alive live live[00:01:34]

Dead but there are dozens of us alive [00:01:37]

There are those of course who just stand[00:01:48]

Aghast and just gawp[00:01:50]

They cannot manage to cry – and there’s[00:01:52]

Others who cannot refrain:[00:01:54]

Willy-nilly they bellow and howl[00:01:56]

At the drop of a corpse [00:01:58]

In a couple of weeks they’ve forgotten[00:02:00]

The poor bastard’s name [00:02:01]

Then there are those of course who[00:02:04]

Turn up and can then hardly wait[00:02:05]

For the coffin to drop and the vicar to[00:02:07]

Stop the and the sobbing subside [00:02:09]

And then they are barely a blur as[00:02:11]

They sprint for the cemetery gates[00:02:13]

To go get their hands on the money [00:02:15]

The food or the widow’s backside [00:02:16]

Bt the grave by the grave [00:02:19]

By the family family grave [00:02:21]

Whenever you go there’s[00:02:23]

Always more arrive [00:02:24]

At the grave at the grave [00:02:27]

At the family family grave [00:02:29]

For every dead one there are[00:02:30]

Dozens of us alive live live[00:02:32]

Dead but there are dozens of us alive [00:02:35]

There are one or two "do"s turn out[00:02:46]

Disappointingly in the extreme [00:02:48]

Where the booze is rough and the grub[00:02:50]

Is duff and no flowers at all [00:02:51]

And the mother embarrasses you with a[00:02:54]

Sudden hysterical scream [00:02:55]

Where the coffin you came to see off[00:02:58]

Is pathetically small [00:03:00]

We do the round of the family faces[00:03:02]

And pay our respects[00:03:03]

The "We’ll have to be going " "How nice "[00:03:05]

"How sad " The "Thankings you "[00:03:07]

We are studying form and weighing up[00:03:09]

Who it is going to be next[00:03:11]

To go under the slab Whose turn to[00:03:13]

Pay for the very next "do" [00:03:15]

Bt the grave by the grave by the[00:03:17]

Family family grave [00:03:19]

Whenever you go there’s always more arrive [00:03:21]

At the grave at the grave at the[00:03:25]

Family family grave [00:03:27]

For every dead one there are[00:03:29]

Dozens of us alive live live[00:03:30]

Dead but there are dozens of us alive[00:03:33]