John Cooper Clarke — A Distant Relation

A family affair We get the picture We're in it somewhere Permanent fixtures People who care Stranger beware This is a family affair All of our yesterday's Familiar rings I have to get away Its breaking my heart strings We have a drink On special occasions It makes me think About distant relations A family affair Always a mixture Of people in chairs Permanent fixtures With pressure to bear People who care This is a family affair Holiday snapshots Of you and myself Acting the crackpot Like everyone else The Bermuda shorts And the summer creations Bringing thoughts Of those distant relations A family affair We brake ornaments, and get them repaired We bring up past events that hang in the air This is a family affair All our yesterdays Familiar rings I have to get away, from some sourroundings Weddings and funerals, special occasions And all the usual distant relations A family affair Look at this picture We're in there, look there Permanent fixtures People who care Whisper who dares This is a family affair