"Your Funny Uncle" lyrics

"Your Funny Uncle"

A windy day, the cars in slow formation
Not far away a final destination
One mother's son
His father's distant gaze regretting
Where they went wrong
He always found it too upsetting

Me and my friend
We lived our lives completely
From start to end
You and your friend so sweetly
With strength and pride
In spite of everything and swimming
Against the tide
To obstinately hope of winning

And, at the end, your funny uncle staring
At all your friends with military bearing
And stopped to stand
To smile and speak of you directly
'Goodbye', shake hands
Like you did everything correctly
To wipe away the tears
No more pain, no fear
No sorrow or dying
No waiting or crying
These former things have passed away
Another life begins today


Writer(s): Neil Tennant, Christopher Lowe
album: "Introspective" (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective album cover
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Don Juan
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The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
What Keeps Mankind Alive?
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Losing My Mind
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Nothing Has Been Proved
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
So Sorry, I Said
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
One Of The Crowd
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Your Funny Uncle
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
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