William Finn, Carolee Carmello - Passover lyrics

Passover at Aunty Honey's and Uncle
Harvey's in New Jersey
My sister would hold her breath
Over the George Washington bridge
And we would laugh at her she'd frown

Everyone, including Nana Ida
Would be standing by the front door
As we pulled up and we'd count down
Four, three, two, one!
And we'd fight to be the first out of the car
Having come this far
Having come so far for this feast
This feast of new yeast
And the matzo balls are so hard when
You cut them they just fly why?
Passover on this day
We read of plagues and misfortunes
Then start eating uncle Harvey's the cook
Ma laughed so loud that she shook
Cousin Gary is reading porn
We've run out of skullcaps
Some men are wearing
Acapulco Beach Club bandanas
That really, really
Really should not be worn
We are Jews from like the first 5, 000 years
Laughing through our tears
Joyous, vulgar, anything goes
But we wear nice clothes
That's the way I like remembering
This scene: manic and high why? Passover

In the Passover prayer book
We read about what Pharaoh did to the Jews
About how Pharaoh wore those
Big gold platform shoes
And how the Jews escaped stealthily
By splitting the Red Sea wait, wait!
I think that was a movie

Anyway, when I tell the story of Passover
Which I am instructed to do
I will include how the Jews of
Natick traveled over the Hudson river
And had an unforgettable seder
More details about that later

It's later! Michael, as the youngest
Sings out the four old questions
What they mean is unknown
My father is playing trombone
Then we go to meet elijah at the door
I can see the faces 'round the table
And the grins are getting larger
And the voices begin to soar
One, two, three, four!
And I think that we will never laugh so hard
Never feel so free
I think life that night was more
Perfect than it will ever be
Uncle Bernie and my mother
Overwhelmed begin to cry why? Passover

Uncle Bernie passed over
Uncle Harvey passed over
Nana Ida passed over and my mother
My mother passed over passover passover