Family Tree Lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

Family Tree Lyrics

    I've been feeling down
    I've been looking round the town
    For somebody just like me
    But the only ones I see
    Are the dummies in the window
    They spend their money on clothes
    It saddens me to think
    That the only ones I see are mannequins
    Looking stupid, being used and being thin
    And I don't know why I hang around with them

    The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
    The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
    Than be me in a cage
    With a bottle of rage
    And a family like the mafia

    I've been feeling blue
    And I don't know what to do
    And I never get a thrill
    And they threw me out of school
    'Cause I swore at all the teachers
    Because they never teach us
    A thing I want to know
    We do Chemistry, Biology and Maths
    I want Poetry and Music and some laughs
    And I don't think it's an awful lot to ask

    So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
    So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
    Cause I'm here in a cage
    With a bottle of rage
    And a family like the mafia

    If my family tree goes back to the Romans
    Then I will change my name to Jones
    If my family tree goes back to Napolean
    Then I will change my name to Smith
    If my family tree goes back to the Romans
    Then I will change my name to Jones
    If you're looking at me to be an accountant
    Then you will look but you will never see
    If you're looking at me to start having babies
    Then you can wish because I'm not here to fool around
    You can wish because I'm not here to fool around
    You can wish because I'm not here to fool around
    11) There is too much love ¡@
    I could hang about and burn my fingers
    I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start
    You think I'm faultless to a 't'
    My manner set impeccably
    But underneath I am the same as you

    I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy
    But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor
    I feel like dancing on my own
    Where no one knows me, and where I
    Can cause offence just by the way I look

    And when I come to blows
    When I am numbering my foes
    Just hope that you are on my side my dear

    But it's best to finish as it started
    With my face head down just staring at the brown formica
    It's safer not to look around
    I can't hide my feelings from you now
    There's too much love to go around these days

    You say I've got another face
    That's not a fault of mine these days
    I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you

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