The Wayward Granddaughter Lyrics - The Fiery Furnaces

The Wayward Granddaughter 

He said "Come on now babe 

Let's take a little drive 

Go slumming down the Carson's in my black X-5." 

Samples from the Clinique counter and up the escalator 

And then a knowing glance from last night's cute, talkative waiter 

Surprise, surprise 

Going through five hundred king Egyptian size count satin cotton sheets 

A smirk hello from the tanning salon boy 

My man mumbled, he realized 

"They told me that she cheats." 

"Oh, don't you start! Jealous heart." 

Jealous heart. Jealous heart 

I put one foot forward and one foot back 

My hand upon my hip 

I gave my hair a flip 

I can't help it 

What's he think I got all this loving for 

Well guess what 

He don't pay my bills no more 

Well I guess 

All this stuff 

That'll befall ya and bedevil ya 

And try ya 

I'll move back in with Yaiyai 

My daughter, we named her Maureen 

Can you believe it 

I never believed it, or her 

Because she called you Connie 

The Don Juan he, my husband, loved redheards and thought this name 

Would turn his baby into the same 

And each time I see you, Connie 

Yes? 

I say God bless, my dear departed Peter 

That he never had to meet her 

His beautiful granddaughter who dyed 

It would have killed him again 

Her gorgeous red-brown hair black 

When she turned 15 behind my back 

You lived with me at that time 

Yes, I did 

You were such a cute and smart and obedient and happy and pretty little kid 

My beautiful granddaughter who dyed 

Her gorgeous red-brown hair black 

When she turned fifteen behind my back 

And which Kevin were you dating 

I mean letting take advantage of you then 

the black one, or the white one 

Once upon a time there were two Kevins 

You mean two jerks 

Once upon a time there were two Kevins 

And being with one Kevin was being in one heaven 

And not being with the other swell was being in another, well 

Kevin and Kevin were best friends since seven 

La la la-la-la la la 

When they met at Joey Meyer's 

Red White and Blue Demon basketball seminar tutorial clinic day care camp 

For underprivileged kids 

And overstimulated brats. 

And they're both wearing vintage throw-back fourty five dollar 

Nineteen eighty three White Sox hats 

And now at H-F 

Point guard and shooting guard 

And now at H-F 

Point guard and shooting guard 

And the drill team shouting themselves deaf 

And then back in the back yard 

Yours, Yaiyai 

With the one and then the next night with the other one and one big secret 

I mean two 

But little did I know that they knew 

They knew 

And would slap each other on the back 

About what it was they'd do 

They knew 

They knew 

Well, we can talk about it, Connie 

But often, memories are better off sung 

Remember when you were young 

Remember when I was young 

Remember when you were young 

Remember when I was young 

La la la... 

La la la...