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Uncle Lloyd
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Uncle Lloyd was released on January 1, 2003 by Full Light as a part of the album Theatre of the Unheard
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2003
LabelFull Light
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM75

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott
Producer

Lyrics

He was not my father's brother
But he wished that he could be
He told us kids to call him uncle
And we would be his family
He had a wife and kids in Fresno
The youngest one was twenty-four
Dad had brought him into our house
When they didn't want him anymore
He helped us work the family business
Building fences in the sun
And worked just like a man of twenty
Till the working day was done
He and Dad would spend their evenings
Sitting in lawn chairs in the yard
Where they drank a toast to Seagram's
Seagram's never went down hard
Won't you wake up, Uncle Lloyd?
Got a lot of work today
We'll get Don to make the coffee
Load that truck and be on your way
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Maybe this time you will win
Buy a trailer by the river
And you won't have to work again
He was sleeping in the workroom
With a mattress on the floor
When one night I heard him crying
As I passed outside his door
He cried, "Rita, girl, I love you
Rita, darling, please don't go
I've tried hard to make you happy
I've done everything I know"
Then I heard the bottle open
The tipping back and the putting down
I heard the rustling of the covers
And then he did not make a sound
I thought of thirty years of Rita
Standing sternly by his side
All the years of hanging in there
And all the emptiness inside
And I thought of how their children
Have children of their own
And how a man at fifty-seven
Winds up living so alone
Won't you wake up, Uncle Lloyd?
Got a lot of work today
We'll get Don to make the coffee
Load that truck and be on your way
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Maybe this time you will win
Buy a trailer by the river
And you won't have to work again
Oh, work again
Hey, this is me
It's a nine on the witching hour here at midnight
I heard you tonight, goddamn, man, that was good
You're my damn kid on the off, really, man
Written by: Darrell Scott
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