Uncle Ray

Uncle Ray is gone, a relative they couldn't find

Finally free of his insanity, they covered him with lime

In a ditch outside the old junkyard on 17

Well that crazy drunk I swear he was a gentleman to me

So take him far far away

Take him far far away

Out past all discussions, far from what they said

Take him far far away

Take him far far away

'Cuz we're sort of related

Here lies Uncle Ray

Dry rough skin, his hands, a working man, like bark from trees

He'd come to the back door of my familiy's house

For coffee and something to eat

Pushed a shopping cart all filled with junk and empty cans

He came home from the war to find his wife

Now loved another man

So take him far far away

Take him far far away

Out past all discussions, far from what they said

Take him far far away

Take him far far away

'Cuz we're sort of related

Here lies Uncle Ray

In this photograph we're hand in hand in deep white snow

Ray was 65 and nearly blind, and I was 4 or so

All the neighbors used to laugh and throw snowballs at him

Now I live alone and when it snows

I try not to think of them

So take him far far away

Take him far far away

Out past all discussions, far from what they said

Take him far far away

Take him far far away

'Cuz we're sort of related

'Cuz we're sort of related

'Cuz we're sort of related

Here lies Uncle Ray

Here lies Uncle Ray...