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Running in the Family
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Our dad would send us to our room
He paid the price of doom
He said that we would thank him later
All day, he was solid as a rock
By eight o'clock, we'd be crumbling
One night, my brother Joe and me
Climbed down the family tree
That grew outside our bedroom window
We ran but we knew we couldn't last
Running from the past
From things that we were born to do
Looking back, it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the back seat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back, it's so bizarre, oh yeah
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Yeah, yeah
Dad rang the officer in charge
A man so large
He barely fit his circumstances
He sent two kids out on the street
And picked up on the beat
In the station
So there's me with Emily and Joe
And as he drives them home
All headed in the same direction
He knew, no matter what the race
He'd make the same mistakes
Couldn't take his eyes off Joe and me
Looking back, it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the back seat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back, it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
Looking back, it's so bizarre
Like a dream within a dream
Where we're somewhere in between
Like a drum that plays a drum
Like a father, like a son
You're gonna have to face the music
Oh yeah, yeah yeah
(Face the music)
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Hey hey, we keep it running in the family
Hey hey, we keep on coming in the family
Sing it loud, you've got me
Hey hey, we keep it running in the family
One more time
Hey hey, we keep on coming in the family
Oh yeah yeah
Looking back, it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the back seat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back into your arms
It's no longer a mystery
There's no cause for alarm
We could never come this far
With no sense of history
It always leaves a scar
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back, it's so bizarre
Oh yeah yeah
(Running in the family)
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Running in the family
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back, it's so bizarre, hey
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