Mountain highway bends, family holiday How New England towns haunt my memory Accusations fly in the cold north wind I apologize, I'm the next of kin So we'll hit the town, roll a couple frames Criticize my size, criticize my game You'll pick up the tab, I'll pick up the spare Losing half your mind, almost all your hair If you had your way, I would curse the stage Trade the prince's life for the pauper's wage So you say you need to be forgiven You would have to live forever Prove that you're ashamed To leave the victims of a family man Without a family plan Say goodbye to the camera Say goodbye to the camera Can we reconcile? Can we rearrange? Life is better now while we live estranged Help me sympathize, help me understand Dreadful poetry, flowers in the sand Since the hospice stay, feigning rage subdued Waging rosy war with the wicked brood This misconduct weighs heavy on my mind Still you picture me, brash and so unkind This neglected plea brings eternal spite Will the two of us ever reunite? So you say you need to be forgiven You would have to live, start living Prove that you're ashamed To leave the victims of a family man Without a family plan I refuse to act as your sole defense 'Til we both receive sincere recompense For this tragic rhyme, ample cause to weep Are the bluest eyes born of blackest sheep? So you say you need to be forgiven You would have to live forever Prove that you're ashamed To leave the victims of a family man Without a family plan Say goodbye to the camera Say goodbye to the camera Say goodbye to the camera It came to you in your dream