Lyrics

Next of Kin Ready to Go
Parody of "Mexican Radio" performed by Wall of Voodoo and written by Chas T. Gray, & Marc Moreland, Joe Nanini & Stan Ridgway
(3 John 1:4, Proverbs 22:6, Malachi 2:15, Deuteronomy 6:6-7, Ephesians 6:4)

I’m feelin’ maudlin, but I’m sober
With my son and my girls gettin’ older
I've heard that age is just a number
But they'll live on whene'er I slumber
I fear that, with them, I'm a nuisance
But Bible prodding is never useless
I'm here now talking on my knees, say
When others ask just what does he pray:

I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go

3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

A child you've been with through gestation
Is talkin' back to you, gets impatient
I understand — Yes, they quibble
Don't go fretting — ishkabibble

I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go
I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go

Malachi 2:15a
Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.

I wish I wasn't bein' honest:
We've endured a few big dramas
I get depression as well as hope
I wanna make them smart, not dopes
I feel a lot's been on my shoulders
But while they're in this house as my boarders
I'm here now talking on my knees, say
When others ask just what does he pray:

I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go
I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go

Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go

I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go
I want my next of kin ready to go
I want my next of kin, whoa oh, ready to go

Ready to go, ready to go
(What does he pray?)
Ready to go, ready to go

Deuteronomy 6:6-7
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go
Ready to go

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.