Beautiful South The Your Father And I Lyrics

Your Father And I Lyrics

(heaton/rotheray)

 It was the middle of winter

 And i drove us in my car

 The snow started falling

 So we stopped off at a bar

 

 The beer started flowing

 And your mother and i took the floor

 But by the last dance we were tired

 So i booked a room next door

 

 So if anyone asks you

 If you come from heaven above

 You're from a one star hotel

 With a five star passionate love

 

 It was a hot summers day

 And we drove there in our car

 And your father was thirsty

 So we had to find a bar

 

 Well he couldn't stop drinking

 And he couldn't stand on his feet

 We had to walk to a hotel

 And book ourselves into a suite

 

 So if the teacher asks you

 Are you from heaven or are you from hell

 You're from a one star drunken screw

 In a one star motel

 Yes if the teacher asks you

 Are you from heaven or are you from hell

 You're from a pitch black toilet

 In a highway taco bell

 

 I'll remember the birth

 For the rest of my time on this land

 You're mother sweating buckets

 And me holding onto her hand

 

 Well your father was absent

 He claimed he couldn't find the ward

 Just tugging on mescal

 Trying to eat the umbilical cord

 

 So if anyone asks you

 Do you know where you're from, say yes

 You're from your mother's womb

 And your father's stinking breath

 And if they ask you how you got here

 Tell them just what it took

 Your father's stinking breath

 And your mother's stinking luck

 

 Your father and i won't tell the whole truth

 Your father and i won't tell the truth