Draag dat gewicht / Carry that weight

(To Chris) Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time She will demand marriage Offspring, birthday greetings Bottle of wine Be at her disposal Solely Your memories will lose affection For people and things that went before Your parents will call you And ask when you’d come for tea There will be no time As you will be looking after the mentally deranged The shop addiction and the Occasionally drug overdose There is also him who is only half the man he used to be Who needs to be pushed upstairs And put into bed, while you hold his hand As no one else will lend you one. By then his old lady (not Lady Madonna) Will be a cripple, unwilling To provide care Wallow in self pity To your own children You will be a complete stranger The guy who comes home to dinner Once a week To cut up the meat. And she? She will be prancing With your baby, eyeing her next conquer Because you cannot be there for her Emotionally, as your too busy to attend The duties she has in mind fo...