《What Are Families For?》歌词

歌曲： What Are Families For?

所属专辑：Little Ship

歌手： Loudon Wainwright III

时长： 04:26

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What Are Families For? - Loudon Wainwright III[00:00:00]

Your mother's loose your father's slim[00:00:07]

She smothers you you bother him[00:00:09]

Passed back and forth between those two[00:00:13]

Until they've had enough of you[00:00:16]

Another bundle comes along[00:00:19]

But by this time something's gone wrong[00:00:22]

Awake all night deprived of sleep[00:00:26]

It's overload they're in too deep then[00:00:29]

She forgets to take a pill[00:00:33]

Overload is overkill[00:00:35]

What what are families for[00:00:40]

He's at the wheel she's at his side[00:00:56]

Three kids in back out for a ride[00:00:59]

Looking at houses autumn leaves[00:01:02]

Keep hope alive try to believe[00:01:05]

They haven't made a huge mistake[00:01:08]

And what seemed real in fact is fake[00:01:11]

Kids can't sit still are we there yet[00:01:15]

He lights his seventh cigarette[00:01:17]

Almost she says it won't be long[00:01:21]

Look out the window sing a song[00:01:24]

Singing what what are families for[00:01:28]

You're the brother who is big[00:01:46]

You were your parents' guinea pig[00:01:48]

The first the oldest and the best[00:01:51]

Smarter quicker than the rest[00:01:54]

Your little sister's just a girl[00:01:57]

So you can kick her from your world[00:01:59]

You push your baby brother down[00:02:03]

And grind his face into the ground[00:02:06]

They do what you want them to[00:02:10]

Because those two look up to you[00:02:12]

What what are families for[00:02:21]

Finally you leave the nest[00:02:38]

Life was a quiz now it's a test[00:02:40]

You can't just live a living's earned[00:02:44]

So you use every trick you've learned[00:02:47]

You cast off siblings you make friends[00:02:51]

Discover the receiving end[00:02:53]

You swore you'd never be a dad[00:02:56]

But that's what works isn't that sad[00:03:00]

Young women want to mother you[00:03:05]

You hate it but you want them to[00:03:08]

What what are families for[00:03:16]

All grown up holding your own[00:03:33]

You fend them off by telephone[00:03:35]

You keep in touch it's come to this[00:03:39]

The furtive hug suspicious kiss[00:03:42]

Your sister's ensconced in your life[00:03:45]

The archetype of an an ex wife[00:03:48]

For all that dirt he ate back then[00:03:51]

Your brother figures you owe him now[00:03:54]

Mom wants back all that dad took[00:03:58]

But dad is dead he's off the hook[00:04:01]

What what are families for[00:04:06]