Cousins' Cousins

On an easy summer morning gravel grinds as they pull up There's a duster and a Datsun, a Durango pick up truck It's too late to say you're busy or to pawn em on your aunt Make a pallet in the spare room between them potted plants Flood comes through the doorway spills across the room Cries and laughs and elbows now who belongs to whom They brought nothing but their appetites for something from the fridge Shoulda closed the curtains coulda changed the locks but this is what family is They're your cousins' cousins so there's nothing left to say They ain't no strong relations but they're coming anyway So tell 'em that you love 'em no matter when they call Cause the heart is big enough for one and all The heart is big enough for one and all. They'll ask if you found religion and they'll tell you how to vote They got ideas on raising kids and expect that you'll take note Clankin' plates too early telling jokes till way too late Don't matter how you ask there ain't no departure date They're your cousins' cousins so there's nothing left to say They ain't no strong relations but they're coming anyway So tell 'em that you love 'em no matter when they call Cause the heart is big enough for one and all The heart is big enough for one and all. They're dusty from their travels and they speak in distant tongues Crossed seas and swamps and deserts to get from whence the come There's one rule of livin' that we all must understand We gotta treat em like our cousins when they reach out their hands They're your cousins' cousins so there's nothing left to say They ain't no strong relations but they're coming anyway So tell 'em that you love 'em no matter when they call Cause the heart is big enough for one and all The heart is big enough for one and all