Big Family - Jim Lea

You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

It seems to be the way it is

As we love and hate our families

Now all we wanna be is a great big family, yeah

But all we wanna be is a-one great big

One great big, great big family

Yeah

This vision, that vision

Multi channel television is showing me all the anger

In a multi cultural idealism

And this ism, that ism don’t seem like realism

Cause they is what they is and ain’t what they really is, pretend

And now the world is going round, round, round

The same old shit is going down, down, down

Oh yeah, down, down, down

But still we keep singing

But still we keep singing on

All we wanna be is a great big family, yeah

But all we wanna be is a-one great big

Yeah, but all we wanna be

One great big, great big family

Now listen

You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

And it seems to be the way it is

As we and love and hate our families

And you’re dead, dusted, relatives can’t be trusted

Vultures over the will, screaming who is rich, who is busted

And when it’s time to utter bye, bye, bye

There ain’t no use in wondering why, why, why

Oh yeah, why, why, why

But still we keep singing

But still we keep singing on

All we wanna be is a great big family, yeah

But all we wanna be is a-one great big

One great big, great big family

Now get this one

Harmony, altruism, don’t appear to be truisms

As you yell from your cage that relationship is a prison

And anger, freedom

Your neighbour commits treason like he’s always out to get you

When there is no rhyme and is no reason

Don’t waste your time on singing love, love, love

There ain’t no help from up above, 'bove, 'bove

So what is love, love, love?

But still we keep singing

But still we keep singing on

Still we keep singing on

All we wanna be is a great big family, yeah

But all we wanna be is a-one great big

One great big, great big family

Yeah, but we keep singing

And all we wanna be

And all we wanna be

Oh, love, love, love

(Ha-ha, I’m gonna bust your ass boy, ha-ha-ha)