《What Are Families For?》歌词

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:19] Another bundle comes along

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

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

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

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

[00:00:35] Overload is overkill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:53] Discover the receiving end

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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