I'm My Own Grandpa Lyrics - Ray Stevens

Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three 

I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be 

This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red 

My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed 

This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life 

For now my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife 

And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy 

I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy 

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad 

And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad 

For if he were my uncle, then that also made him brother 

Of the widow's grownup daughter, who was of course my step-mother 

Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run 

And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son 

My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue 

Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too 

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild 

And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild 

'Cause now I have become the strangest 'case you ever saw 

As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa 

I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa 

It sounds funny, I know but it really is so 

I'm my own grandpa