Family Tree

Belle And Sebastian

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