I've been thinking 'bout my dear old Uncle Jim A man who led a sad and lonely life He drank too much and he never finished much of what he started Divorced his only wife He was my father's only brother, don't you know my mother She never cared for Jim 'Cause he drank too much, divorced his wife He never went to church once his whole life They did not want us growing up like him But to speak in his behalf, the man could joke, the man laugh And he brought joy into my lifе What did I care if he drank too much and nevеr finished nothin' Divorced his only wife He and my father, see, they shared their similarities But in most ways they was like day and night My father was industrious, he earned hisself a fortune Jim just liked to drink and write When Jim was young he went to working on the local papers Reporting on the hot news of his day But then somewhere along the line Quit his job, he changed his mind And why, he'd never say He went to work teachin' English at the local high school Sellin' life insurance on the side He ended up sellin' life insurance to his friends He was the only one who had none when he died, when he died Once I went and lost the only thing besides his Mason's ring That ever gave him any pride I went and lost the gun that he brought home from World War One I told him one night he got drunk and cried When he got drunk he used to introduce me to his goldfish Said he knew each and every one by name He drank too much but after his wife left him and his daughter took her life Why, he just weren't the same Cancer finally got the man, he spent his final days Shootin' morphine, drinking booze And in the weeks before he died there was my Momma at his side She say, "Drink up Jim, what you got to lose?" Which is leading me to say that I been thinking more these days About my dear departed Uncle Jim He drank too much, he never finished much of what he started And they named me after him Yeah, they named me after him I'm proud to say they named me after him
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