When I was a boy, all piss and vinegar Life spoke of simple things Stick or stone, an old football A shoe laced up with string
In a secondhand world of joy With your own ones through the noise In a wee house filled with kith and kin How we would laugh, how we would sing
That’s the way life should be When you’re family That’s the way life should be
Here we are now in the days of our lives Three steps, and hey you’re both gone Forgetting how to take a moment And breathe the air all slow
I don’t call you ’cause you don’t have time It’s a hill that we still have to climb But if we believe in our heart of hearts When love comes first, we’ll show the fire
That’s the way life should be Wae yer family That’s the way life should be Wae yer family
Oh, that’s the way life should be Oh, wae yer family That’s the way life should be Wae yer family
(We are the ones who make the claim) (We are the ones who live to shine) (We are the ones who walk in shadows of those who came before) (And now we share this love) (Let’s raise a glass to those we love) (So here’s to you and yours and my mad mother) (For they are many and all that I have got)
That’s the way life should be Wae yer family That’s the way life should be Wae yer family
Oh, that’s the way life should be Oh, wae yer family That’s the way life should be Wae yer family
Yeah, wae your family Sing out son That’s the way life should be I’d kill things Johnny Wae yer family That’s the way life should be Wae yer family That’s the way that life should be…