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Songs and Lyrics
New Music Song #1
"Oddball Family"
by PKelly on Feb 04, 2006
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Words & Music by P.A.Kelly
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Oh, I’m living with my granny and a lady called Annie
And the lady’s kind of shady cause she used to be a man
She’s in love with Uncle Davy who’s retired from the Navy
Uncle Davy says he’s still in love with Gran.
REFRAIN:
Oh, they’re my oddball family
And they’ve always cared for me
They’re a bit in disarray
But I love them anyway
Oh, they’re a pretty gruesome lot
But they’re all that I have got
And I wouldn’t trade them all
For anything.
Oh, my mother’s not my mother and my Daddy’s not my Dad
And my sister raised me up though heaven knows she’s raving mad
Oh, we live with a musician who has got a skin condition
But he’s still the nicest Daddy that I’ve had.
(repeat Refrain)
Oh, my Daddy does the washing while my mother goes to school
And my sister’s selling door-to-door new-fangled garden tools
And my Daddy sells his carvings just to keep us all from starving
And my brother loves to dress up like a ghoul
(repeat Refrain)
There’s a plumber in the kitchen, there’s a builder in the hall
There are roaches in the sugar and the rats live in the walls
Well, I think my Mum’s in China but I really can’t recall
And I guess it doesn’t matter anyway.
REFRAIN:
Oh, they’re my oddball family
And they’re fine as fine can be
Yes, they’re starting to decay
But I love them anyway
They’re not politically correct
But I don’t suffer from neglect
And I wouldn’t trade them all
For anything.
We live inside a house on wheels that used to be a bus
If we all get bored we drive away, I guess that is a plus
I don’t know all the names of all the cats who live with us
Or the goat who likes to follow me to school
(repeat Refrain)
© 2005, P.A. Kelly
All Rights Reserved
I wrote this song after I had been recounting some stories of my own childhood to my 12- year-old son. And I’ll have you know that I try very hard not to start out with lines like, “I remember when I was a kid!” Sometimes, however, it’s simply unavoidable.
“Oddball Family” takes its name from some of the families that I grew up near in my home of upstate New York. I often hung out with the kids from these families and so got to know the unusual circumstances that many of these kids grew up with. Most of the examples I site in the song are taken straight from those experiences when I was growing up.
I was raised with rules and a set of values but one of those values was tolerance. To me, diversity is key to change and change is key to life. Tolerance of diversity allows for freedom of expression, freedom to live life on our own terms. As long as we are not infringing on others freedoms, that is.
“Oddball Family” is a campfire-type song, meant for sing-a-longs and is very much a folk song. Therefore feel free to try writing some new verses to it. It’s very adaptable.
P.A. Kelly
Miami, FL
Feb 2006
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