I'm My Own Grandpa
By Ray Stevens
Now many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed.
Chorus:
I'm my own grand-pa. I'm my own grand-pa.
It sounds funny I know, but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grand-pa.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
My daughter was my mother for she was my father's wife
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too.
Chorus:
I'm my own grand-pa. I'm my own grand-pa.
It sounds funny I know, but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grand-pa.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa.
Chorus:
I'm my own grand-pa. I'm my own grand-pa.
It sounds funny I know, but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grand-pa.