Belle & Sebastian - Family Tree Lyrics
Ive been feeling downIve been looking round the townFor somebody just like meBut the only ones I seeAre the dummies in the windowThey spend their money on clothesIt saddens me to thinkThat the only ones I see are mannequinsLooking stupid, being used and being thinAnd I dont know why I hang around with themThe way they act, Id rather be fat than be confusedThe way they act, Id rather be fat than be confusedThan be me in a cageWith a bottle of rageAnd a family like the mafiaIve been feeling blueAnd I dont know what to doAnd I never get a thrillAnd they threw me out of schoolcause I swore at all the teachersBecause they never teach usA thing I want to knowWe do chemistry, biology and mathsI want poetry and music and some laughsAnd I dont think its an awful lot to askSo wont you please get up off your knees, and let me goSo wont you please get up off your knees, and let me goCause Im here in a cageWith a bottle of rageAnd a family like the mafiaIf my family tree goes back to the romansThen I will change my name to jonesIf my family tree goes back to napoleanThen I will change my name to smithIf my family tree goes back to the romansThen I will change my name to jonesIf youre looking at me to be an accountantThen you will look but you will never seeIf youre looking at me to start having babiesThen you can wish because Im not here to fool aroundYou can wish because Im not here to fool aroundYou can wish because Im not here to fool around11) there is too much love @I could hang about and burn my fingersIve been hanging out here waiting for something to startYou think Im faultless to a tMy manner set impeccablyBut underneath I am the same as youI could dance all night like Im a soul boyBut I know Id rather drag myself across the dance floorI feel like dancing on my ownWhere no one knows me, and where iCan cause offence just by the way I lookAnd when I come to blowsWhen I am numbering my foesJust hope that you are on my side my dearBut its best to finish as it startedWith my face head down just staring at the brown formicaIts safer not to look aroundI cant hide my feelings from you nowTheres too much love to go around these daysYou say Ive got another faceThats not a fault of mine these daysIm honest, brutal and afraid of you
