Uncle Ray is gone, a relative they couldn't find   Finally free of his insanity, they covered him with lime   In a ditch outside the old junkyard on 17   Well that crazy drunk I swear he was a gentleman to me   So take him far far away   Take him far far away   Out past all discussions, far from what they said   Take him far far away   Take him far far away   ''cause we're sort of related   Here lies Uncle Ray      Dry rough skin, his hands, a working man, like bark from trees   He'd come to the back door of my familiy's house   For coffee and something to eat   Pushed a shopping cart all filled with junk and empty cans   He came home from the war to find his wife   Now loved another man      So take him far far away   Take him far far away   Out past all discussions, far from what they said   Take him far far away   Take him far far away   ''cause we're sort of related   Here lies Uncle Ray      In this photograph we're hand in hand in deep white snow   Ray was 65 and nearly blind, and I was 4 or so   All the neighbors used to laugh and throw snowballs at him   Now I live alone and when it snows   I try not to think of them      So take him far far away   Take him far far away   Out past all discussions, far from what they said   Take him far far away   Take him far far away   ''cause we're sort of related   ''cause we're sort of related   ''cause we're sort of related   Here lies Uncle Ray      Here lies Uncle Ray...