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 'cause 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 family'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 'cause 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 'cause we're sort of related 'cause we're sort of related 'cause we're sort of related Here lies Uncle Ray Here lies Uncle Ray...