The in-laws are the games have begun The cell phone keeps dont answer it hon The whole things just to aggravate Dad And its day on the old super slab The kids are strapped down like a load of pipe All safe in their car seats they fuss and gripe Well you cant hardly blame em it must be a bitchCounting the off down in the ditch This got flowers, this ones got a wreath This ones got a name painted down Was the all iced up, were they going too fast five in a circle left from the last holiday
Theres a three-trailer rig a throwin up spray Not legal to run on this of a day But god damn the and the four wheelers too Stay offa my or the same goes for you Therell be for him He that it the most As he hauls it on out to the coast No no gravy no Zinfandel wine You just over right and well get along fine Hes missing the football, the fun Hed play with the but hes off on a run And some hats on the radio his song But it dont a damn Hes in for a long
Now granny yelling ready to eat Shes havin they wont take their seats But shes got em all gathered now one roof With her loaded Shes get proof But do you to wear that Well I dont see why Please pass the eat shit and die Did you hear about Ellen, leaving, you know How bout those Packers, think itll And the minute its theyll scatter like quail Off the freeway in the teeth of a gale and shattered And numb to the core They count themselves got through one more holiday
The highway He stands in the He lets it run down to soften the stain Of the blood on his leg From working wreck And he wont it In for the next holiday
Chicago at 9:52 In clean desert camo all and loose Sits an Iowa Guardsman alone by the The place sure looked different, in
When he traveled with mom, time on a plane To some kin, hes forgotten their names But he remembers the soldiers, still in their teensIn their spit polished boots and pressed army greens With the creases so sharp, and their faces so But their eyes looked so heavy, he wondered how could move Now hes got that same look, his insides are black Hes in his mid forties and he has to go he cant even smoke while he waits for his plane The uniforms different, but the remains To do they tell you, dont make a fuss not an issue, so dont think too much You just do what you have to, up and drive If you come apart later, at least youre alive You can get you help, you can deal with it then And life will be better, til it again
Cause theres something inside us that wont let us beIn stalks our days til its too dark to see And its damn near as as Texans on ice dont they beat all Yall have a holiday