The in-laws are the games have begun The cell keeps ringing dont answer it hon The whole arranged just to aggravate Dad And its amateur day on the old slab The kids are down like a half load of pipe All in their car seats they fuss and they gripe Well you cant hardly blame em it must be a bitchCounting the crosses off down in the This ones got flowers, this got a wreath This ones got a name painted underneath Was the road all iced up, were going too fast Heres five in a left from the last holiday
Theres a three-trailer rig just a throwin up Not legal to run on kind of a day But god the smokies and the four wheelers too Stay offa my bumpers or the goes for you Therell be for him He wants it the most As he hauls it on out to the coast No turkey no gravy no Zinfandel You just stay over and well get along fine Hes missing the football, the fun Hed play the grandkids but hes off on a run And some hats on the singing his song But it dont a damn Hes in for a holiday
Now shes yelling ready to eat Shes conniptions Cause they wont take seats But got em all gathered now under one roof With her camcorder gonna get proof But do you have to wear I just dont see why Please the potatoesAw eat shit and die Did you hear Ellen, shes leaving, you know How bout those Packers, think itll And the its over theyll scatter like quail Off down the freeway in the of a gale Silent and shattered And to the core They themselves lucky They got through one more
The patrolman He in the rain He just it run down to soften the stain Of the blood on his leg From working wreck And he wont it In time for the next
Chicago at 9:52 In clean desert all baggy and loose Sits an Iowa alone by the gate The place sure different, in 1968
When he with mom, first time on a plane To visit kin, hes forgotten their names But he remembers the soldiers, still in teensIn their spit polished boots and their pressed army greens With the creases so sharp, and their so smooth But their eyes looked so heavy, he how they could move Now hes got same look, like his insides are black Hes in his mid forties and he has to go backAnd he cant even 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 you have to, shut up and drive If you come apart later, well at least alive You can get you help, you can deal with it then And life will be better, til it happens
Cause theres inside us that wont let us beIn stalks through our days til its too dark to see And its damn near as deadly as on ice Lord dont beat all Yall have a holiday