"Ode To My Family" ǩȚd ǩȚd tǩ tǩ maǺ maǺ ɑfæmǩ fæmǩli | Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Understand the things I say, don't turn ɕȜndǩɑstæn(d) ðǩ θǺŋz aǺ seǺ | dǩȚn(t) tǬən away from me, ǩɑweǺ frǩm miə | 'Cause I've spent half my life out there, you kǢz aǺv spent hǡəf maǺ laǺf aȚt ðeǩ | wouldn't disagree ju ɑwȚdn(t) ɕdǺsǩɑDZriə | Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like dju siə mi | dju siə | dǩ ju ɑlaǺk me? mi | Do you like me standing there? Do you dǩ ju ɑlaǺk mi ɑstændǺŋ ðeǩ | dju notice? ɑnǩȚtǺs | Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see dǩ ju nǩȚ | dǩ ju siə mi | dǩ ju me? siə mi | Does anyone care? dǩz ɑeniwȜn keǩ | Unhappiness where's when I was young, ȜnɑhæpǺnǩs weǩz wen aǺ wǩz jȜŋ | And we didn't give a damn, ǩn(d) wi ɑdǺdn(t) DZǺv ǩ dæm | 'Cause we were raised, kǢz wi wǩ reǺzd | To see life as fun and take it if we can tǩ siə laǺf ǩz fȜn ǩn(d) teǺk Ǻt Ǻf wi kæn | My mother, my mother, maǺ ɑmȜðǩ | maǺ ɑmȜðǩ | She hold me, she hold me, when I was out ȓi hǩȚl(d) miə | ȓi hǩȚl(d) miə | wen aǺ wǩz there aȚt ðeǩ | My father, my father, maǺ ɑfǡəðǩ | maǺ ɑfǡəðǩ | He liked me, oh, he liked me Does anyone hi ɑlaǺkt miə | ǩȚ | hi ɑlaǺkt miə | dǩz care? ɑeniwȜn keǩ | Understand what I've become, it wasn't my ɕȜndǩɑstæn(d) wǢt aǺv bǺɑkȜm | Ǻt ɑwǢzn(t) design maǺ dǺɑzaǺn | And people ev'rywhere think, something ǩn(d) ɑpiəplʜ evriweǩ θǺŋk | ɑsȜmθǺŋ better than I am ɑbetǩ ðǩn aǺ æm | But I miss you, I miss, 'cause I liked it, bǩt aǺ mǺs ju | aǺ mǺs | kǢz aǺ laǺkt Ǻt | 'Cause I liked it, when I was out there Do kǢz aǺ laǺkt Ǻt | wen aǺ wǩz aȚt ðeǩ | dju you know this? nǩȚ ðǺs | Do you know you did not find me You did dju nǩȚ ju dǺd nǢt faǺn(d) miə | ju dǺd nǢt not find Does anyone care? faǺnd |dǩz ɑeniwȜn keǩ | COMPILED: JUAN CARLOS DAVID