One of Us

Your mother finally took all of her money

And put it where her mouth used to be

Turning anybody's ear

About her friends that disappeared

And how she's sailing further out to sea

Your father's spending all of his vacation

Learning foreign names for all his fears

While spirits he's detected

From the data he's collected

Turned out to be just ringing in his ears

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Everything they're telling you is wrong

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Babe I think you know where you belong

Your sister's always mortally offended

At the mispronunciation of her name

Telling all her newer clients

That the "w" is silent

Before she sends them out the way they came

Your brother sends me all his latest poems

About his secret dreams of learning how to dance

He always adds a line for you

Asking when you're coming thorugh

So he can tell his supervisor six months in advance

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Everything they're telling you is wrong

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Babe I think you know where you belong

Your old flame is still counting up his money

In a secret lair he built behind the shelf

Where he chants in repetition

"Lead me not into temptation"

I'm pretty sure he knows the way himself

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Everything they're telling you is wrong

You look like one of them

But you talk like one of us

Babe I think you know where you belong