Ben Folds

Uncle Walter
Come on! your Uncle Walter's going on and on about everything he's seen and done the voice of 50 years experience he's drunk watching the television ya know, he's been around the world last night he flew to Baghdad in his magical armchair with cigarettes and a six pack, yeah we just got back the spit's flying everywhere hey, hey, hey, hey! (your Uncle Walter's going on and on) oh, you're back so late (where did you go that you were gone so long?) and how could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter? yeah... your Uncle Walter saw who fired the shots he drove his chair in the cavalcade he's flown from South Africa to countries where they beat themselves on the backs with chains Songtextethere was a fleet of battleships and one reclining chair, headed north on the Arabian sea now he's back to tell us what he and his oldest boy Blair ? they're getting rich with their mail order scheme oh, oh! (your Uncle Walter's going on and on) we're so glad you're home (where did you go that you were gone so long?) how could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter? your Uncle Walter told me everything he'd do if he was President and oh what a perfect world this world would be if he was President now but he's not! and he sees the children smoking pot he knows that in a moment they'll be shooting up heroin teardrops in his armchair a 50 minute lecture ? tobacco juice rolling down his chin hey, hey, hey, hey! (your Uncle Walter's going on and on) you're back so late (where did you go that you were gone so long?) how could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter? come on! Aus Songtexte Mania