Uncle Walter

Your Uncle Walter's going on and on
About everything he's seen and done
The voice of fifty years experience
Drunk, watching the television
You know he's been around the world-
Last night he flew to Bagdad in his magical armchair
With cigarettes and a six pack, he just got back
Now the spit's flying everywhere
Hey, hey, hey, hey
(Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)
You're back too late
(Where did you go that you were gone so long?)
How could you leave me here so long
With Uncle Walter?
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
There was a fleet of battleships and one reclining chair
Headed north on the Arabian sea
Now that he's back and he'll tell us what
He and his oldest boy Blair
They’re getting rich with their mail order scheme!
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We're glad you're home
But how could you leave me here so long with uncle Walter?
Your Uncle Walter told me
Everything he'd do if he was president
Oh, what a perfect world this world would be
If he were President
But he’s NOT!
And he sees the children smoking pot
And he knows that in a moment
They'll be shooting up heroin
Tear drops on his armchair
And a fifty minute lecture,
Tobacco juice rolling down his chin
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You're back too late
How could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter?


Written by Ben Folds.

Appears on BFF.





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