I know you said it wasn't a good time to visit
but I'd already put in for the time off
from my job, I'm not coming to inspect
the housecleaning, I just want to see
my grandchildren.
I know I'm not here to inspect the house
but can you not see that there's a problem
with all this mess lying around?
hey, you don't have to raise your voice,
you can talk to me in a normal tone,
we went to Junior's wedding last week,
he has an engineering job now where I work,
and I know you don't like me telling you what to do
but you need to think about going to college and
by the way, I don't have any earthly idea
what you're interested in besides rock music
and pro wrestling. don't raise your voice to the kids.
do you know what's going on in the world, I was wondering
because your tv is always on cartoons.
I'm sorry if you resent my helping out, was growing up
around me so terrible? and whatever I've done to make
you and your wife hate my guts, I am truly sorry.
you need to do something with all these books, they
won't all fit in the bookcase. you need to have that
cavity filled, you're too young to let your teeth
rot away like your brother and if you haven't taken
care of it the next time I come up I'll drag you
to the dentist myself. why are there so many band-aids
in the medicine cabinet? are you gonna come down this year
for Christmas?

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"what's jail?"
"everything's jail."

How would you feel if I turned on the bath,
ducked your head under and started to laugh?
What would you do if I shut you outside
To stand in the rain and catch cold so you died?...
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
would change your expression to one of alarm,
I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair
Or give you a push at the top of the stairs...

--"Cousin Kevin", The Who