In C - Loudon Wainwright III

Here’s another song in C

When I play piano, it’s my key

If I was playing my guitar

I’d probably be in G, the chances are

But here’s another song in C

With my favorite protagonist: me

Of my little world, our talent show

I sing all about it so you’ll know

When the people in it break my heart

Then my little world can fall apart

And there’s not a thing I can do

Except to sing in C to you

Oh, there used to be a family

Brothers, sisters, father, mother and me

We were living in a little home

We were fending off the great unknown

But the great unknown, it got inside

And what had been home, it did divide

In the end, the father had to leave

When he did, the mother had to grief

That’s the time real troubles start

It’s when a world can fall apart

And there’s not a thing I can do

Except to sing in C to you

I grew up and had a family

And it broke apart so easily

All that started 30 years ago

Why it’s never ended, I don’t know

I could blame it on the great unknown

Or as a kid, when I was told and shown

But I blame myself, and I blame her

The cruel and foolish people that we were

And the children that we had are grown

They’re out fending off their great unknown

And I’ve noticed, they’re a bit like me

With a tendency to sing in C

So by now, it’s clear to hear and know

I don’t play a lot of piano

But sometimes a fella has to sit

Just to sing about the heavy shit

And the great unknown’s a hurricane

With howling winds and floods, driving rain

You might make it through, but you don’t know

If right behind it is a tornado

And if families didn’t break apart

I suppose that they don’t need for art

Oh, but you and I know they do

So I sing in C to you