Lyric Families
(How s the family)
(How s the family)
Mama, you tell me how s the family
And papa, tell me how thing s going by you
And little baby sister, I heard that you got married
And I heard that you had yourself a little baby girl, too
And here s some uncles and some cousins I know vaguely
And would you believe my old dog Chelsea s here, too
And would you believe nobody in this family
wanted to keep her
And now that dog s more of a part of this family
then I am, too
I don t come home much anymore
No-no-no I don t come home much anymore
Mama
And mama, I know how disappointed you are
And papa, I know that you feel the same way, too
And no-no-no-no-no I still haven t got married
And no-no-no there s no grandson planned here for you
And by the way, daddy tell me how s the business
I understand that your stock she s growing very high
No, daddy, you re not a poor man anymore
And I hope you ll realize that before you die
Because I don t come home much anymore
No-no-no-no-no I don t come home much no more
But daddy
And please-please-please-please-please
come on let s not start this business again
I know how much you resent the life that I have
But one more time, I don t want the family business
Don t want to inherit it upon the day that you die
Really, daddy should have given it to my sister
You know Elisabeth, you know Elisabeth
she has a better head for those things than I
She lives practically around the corner
That s really the kind of child you could be proud of
But papa, I know that this visit s a mistake
There s nothing here we have in common, except our name
And families that live out in the suburbs
Often make each other cry
And I don t think that I ll come home much anymore
No-no, I don t think I ll come home much again
Mama
Papa
Families
Often make each other cry
No, I don t think that I ll come home much anymore
(How s the families)
(How s the family)
Mama, you tell me how s the family
And papa, tell me how thing s going by you
And little baby sister, I heard that you got married
And I heard that you had yourself a little baby girl, too
And here s some uncles and some cousins I know vaguely
And would you believe my old dog Chelsea s here, too
And would you believe nobody in this family
wanted to keep her
And now that dog s more of a part of this family
then I am, too
I don t come home much anymore
No-no-no I don t come home much anymore
Mama
And mama, I know how disappointed you are
And papa, I know that you feel the same way, too
And no-no-no-no-no I still haven t got married
And no-no-no there s no grandson planned here for you
And by the way, daddy tell me how s the business
I understand that your stock she s growing very high
No, daddy, you re not a poor man anymore
And I hope you ll realize that before you die
Because I don t come home much anymore
No-no-no-no-no I don t come home much no more
But daddy
And please-please-please-please-please
come on let s not start this business again
I know how much you resent the life that I have
But one more time, I don t want the family business
Don t want to inherit it upon the day that you die
Really, daddy should have given it to my sister
You know Elisabeth, you know Elisabeth
she has a better head for those things than I
She lives practically around the corner
That s really the kind of child you could be proud of
But papa, I know that this visit s a mistake
There s nothing here we have in common, except our name
And families that live out in the suburbs
Often make each other cry
And I don t think that I ll come home much anymore
No-no, I don t think I ll come home much again
Mama
Papa
Families
Often make each other cry
No, I don t think that I ll come home much anymore
(How s the families)
