I Understand Now

Uncle Phil said to me that woman is the death of me
 I don't think there's anything I can do
 She's got ways I don't understand
 Putting words into my mouth, things I can't get used to
 But then she dropped the cornbread in the kitchen
 Uncle Phil smiled as if she'd just done the greatest thing
 I'm not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 I'm not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 My cousin screwed up without a doubt
 All of a sudden he wasn't hanging out
 And that girl he said, she is the cats
 Then he disappeared from sight without a trace
 So they had a bunch of babies and they got a good jobs
 Working hard to provide the best they can
 And I'm not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 Not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 I'm starting to appreciate the value of generations changing hands
 Family ties and lips and eyes pass it down, pass it down
 Now the weatherman today said
 Warm and cloudy, cold front coming in around sundown
 And I'm walking through your house full of your beautiful relations
 And I'm thinking that I'd like to stick around
 And there are things I have said with one hand on the Bible
 That are only now starting to make sense
 I'm not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 Not sure if I understood then
 But I guarantee I understand now
 I understand now, I understand now
 I understand now