Our Family Song Lyrics and Chords by The Bellamy Brothers
Our Family
Recorded by The Bellamy Brothers
Written by Bobby Braddock and David Bellamy
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They let Bubba out of prison he
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paid for his crime
He
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didn't
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know them
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bad checks could
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give him
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so much
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time
Sister's getting married there's a
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shotgun on the groom
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Hope they
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finish the
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wedding
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vows
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before the baby's
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due
Harry's in the closet he's
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been there all his life
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Everybody wonders why he
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never took a wife
We owe a lot of bills trying to
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live beyond our means
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Ain't
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got a
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pot but we got cable
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TV
But it's
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our family full of
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skeletons and ghosts
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even with our strange relatives it's the
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one we
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love the
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most
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There may be a bunch of nuts
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up our family tree
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we may all be crazy but it's
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still our fami
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ly
Grandpa's got a girlfriend a
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woman half his age
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Grandma
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laughs
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about it but I
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sense the silent rage
And Uncle Burt still thinks he's on the
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Grand Old Opry
That
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fever from the war left him living in a
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dream
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We
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buried Great Ann-Martha out in
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Forest Lawns today
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Now I think I know why they called
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great Aunt Martha great
The church was full of strange men
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mama called it a disgrace
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said they should have wiped that smile off Great Aunt Martha's
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Our Family?
- The song Our Family was sang by The Bellamy Brothers.
Who is The Bellamy Brothers?
- The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo consisting of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946), from Darby, Florida. The duo had considerable musical success in the 1970s and 1980s, starting with the release of their crossover hit "Let Your Love Flow" in 1976, a Number One single on the Billboard Hot 100.Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting 10 number one singles, 25 Top 10 and more than 50 hits overall on the country charts. To date, they have released more than 50 albums, primarily on Curb Records. They have also enjoyed success in continental Europe, with a compilation album topping the Norwegian charts in 2011 and over two dozen hit songs that were released outside the US market. In 2013, their album Bellamy Brothers & Friends: Across the Sea landed at No. 5 in the Swiss music chart and took the top spot in album sales for weeks in Switzerland. It was their third major release in Europe in three years. Their album Mermaid Cowgirl, recorded in Switzerland and released in 2014, won them Gold Record status in Switzerland. They also recorded four albums in Germany with Ralph Siegel for release to the European market.
