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Running In The Family Lyrics
Our dad would send us to our room
He'd be the voice of doom, he said that we would thank him later
All day he was solid as a rock
But 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 though we knew it couldn't last
Running from the past, from things that we were born to be
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat 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
(Ah, yeah)
Dad rang the officer in charge
A man so large, he barely fit his circumstances
He said two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat and in the station
So there's me with Emily and Joe
And daddy driving home, all heading in the same direction
He knew no matter what the breaks
We'd make the same mistakes, couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat 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
We're all somewhere in between (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Like a drummer plays his drum, like a father, like a son (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
You're gonna have to face the music, oh yeah, face the music
Hey hey, we keep it <b>running in the family</b>
Hey hey, we keep on coming in the family
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat of the car with Joseph and Emily
We only see so far 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, woh yeah yeah, running in the family
Running in the family, and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, woh yeah yeah, running in the family
He'd be the voice of doom, he said that we would thank him later
All day he was solid as a rock
But 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 though we knew it couldn't last
Running from the past, from things that we were born to be
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat 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
A man so large, he barely fit his circumstances
He said two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat and in the station
So there's me with Emily and Joe
And daddy driving home, all heading in the same direction
He knew no matter what the breaks
We'd make the same mistakes, couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat 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
We're all somewhere in between (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Like a drummer plays his drum, like a father, like a son (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
You're gonna have to face the music, oh yeah, face the music
Hey hey, we keep it <b>running in the family</b>
Hey hey, we keep on coming in the family
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the backseat of the car with Joseph and Emily
We only see so far 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, woh yeah yeah, running in the family
Running in the family, and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, woh yeah yeah, running in the family
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It's indeed bizarre how you can take after your parents, just frightning. My parents never talked that much about their youth, but when they hear about my actions now it always has happened to one of them too! Not exactly, but the way I react to certain things and stuff. So i really like: "He knew no matter what the breaks, We'd make the same mistakes"
Two teen boys, brothers, got in trouble with the law, and the dad is way cheesed off -- thing is -- Dad got in the same sorts of trouble when he himself was a teen
With two teenage kids I know how mad I would be if they were in trouble, but I know I was far worse than them when I was a kid ... I just thank their mother's calming influence! Great album this.