The Antlers - Elaine Lyrics

Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave
Oh Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave (hey grandma)

A two-story house on 41 Essex Street
A big house for you and Pop to start the family
Nine kids it seems kinda crazy
Not for you and Pop you manage it on the daily though
At a young age you lost one of them
A young boy by the name of Martin
An uncle I never met never knew
Would've been hard to see him pass but somehow you saw it through
And of those kids was my mother and she's great huh?
And you raised her and look at how she raised us
Passing on that strength down the generations
So your grandkids can beat on the same drum
Your legacy is here to stay trust me
Grandma I know you're not where you hoped you would be
So grab a tight hold of them rosary beads
And imagine yourself flying over the seas and be brave

Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave
Oh Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave

I know it's been a minute
But the other day I came to visit
Yeah too long I'm ashamed to admit it
But mum and I danced to some Dean Martin
In your room and you sang along
As if to say you're still in there and you won't succumb
Part of you that is holding on
And I'm sure you're missing pops I don't blame you the man's great
I miss his chuckle and that firm handshake
But hey he persevered until your anniversary of fifty years
And five decades is a blazing flame
How many married couples can say the same?
And grandma you left an army of love
So don't be afraid go and leave the pain and touch the sky
Go fly to pop and hold his hand in the afterlife and be brave

Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave
Oh Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days (you will)
Elaine be brave oh be brave

1932 in a town called Randwick
A woman named Elaine started off on a tangent
Taking photos before the age of the bandwidth
And lived in a house which looked like a mansion
At least to a few wide-eyed grandkids well damn shit
That house holds some of my greatest memories
So thanks grandma I'll make sure that I'll always cherish these

Elaine oh Elaine oh be brave grandma oh be brave grandma
Oh Elaine oh Elaine oh be brave grandma oh be brave oh be brave

Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave
Oh Elaine be brave you'll see Pop one of these days
Elaine be brave oh be brave