Family of Eyes

Sit and watch her make her way

Nuns on the train look harder than dockers
Taking it on the chin for years
American sailors tumble and rough it
Imperial voices, defensive stares
Young mother has a face as gold as a filter tip
And her children cry
Yes, I have seen them all

'Cause I am the father, the lover, the other
A son in the family of eyes
And I am the brother, the sister, the mother
A son in the family, family of eyes, oh yeah
I am the son in the family of eyes

The student's been gazing, his code is clear
I show him I'm not receiving
A ghost of a girl is burdened down
With a hundred days of tears and grieving
The jewelled colours, they flicker and flutter
Faded lights in troubled skies
Yes, I have seen them all

'Cause I am the father, the lover, the other
A son in the family of eyes
And I am the brother, the sister, the mother
A son in the family, family of eyes, oh yeah
I am the son, a son in a family of eyes

'Cause I'm a son in the family, family of eyes, oh yeah
I am the son in the family of eyes
Family of my eyes
I am the son

The father, a lover, the other, the brother
A son in the family of eyes
(Brother and lover, sister and mother)
(Family of eyes, got to stick together 'til the end)
A son in the family
The father, the lover, the other, the brother
(Father and mother, lover and brother)
(Family of eyes, got to stick together 'til the end)
A son in the family of eyes
The sister, the mother, the father, the lover
(Sister and mother, father and lover)
(Family of eyes, got to stick together 'til the end)
The son in the family
The father, the lover, the other, the brother
(Father and mother, lover and brother)
(Family of eyes, got to stick together 'til the end)
The son in the family of eyes
The sister, the lover, the father
(Sister and mother, father and lover)
(Family of eyes)