LEVEL 42 - Running In The Family lyrics

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Our dad<br>Would send us to our room<br>He'd be the voice of doom<br>He said that we would thank him later<br>All day<br>He was solid as a rock<br>But by eight o'clock<br>We'd be crumbling<br>One night<br>My brother joe and me<br>Climbed down the family tree<br>That grew outside our bedroom window<br>We ran<br>Though we knew it couldn't last<br>Running from the past<br>From things that we were born to be<br><br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br>It runs in the family<br>All the things we are<br>On the back seat of the car<br>With joseph and emily<br>We only see so far<br>- and we all have our daddy's eyes<br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br><br>Dad rang<br>The officer in charge<br>A man so large<br>He barely fit his circumstances<br>He said<br>Two kids out on the street<br>Were picked up on the beat<br>And in the station<br>So there's me<br>With emily and joe<br>Daddy driving home<br>All heading in the same direction<br>He knew<br>No matter what the breaks<br>We'd make the same mistakes<br>Couldn't take his eyes of joe and me<br><br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br>It runs in the family<br>All the things we are<br>On the backseat of the car<br>With joseph and emily<br>We only see so far<br>- and we all have our daddy's eyes<br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br>It runs in the family<br>All the things we are<br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br><br>Like a dream within a dream<br>We're all somewhere in between<br><br>Like a drummer plays his drum<br>Like a father like a son<br>- and your gonna have to face the music<br>- face the music<br><br>Hey hey<br>We keep it running in the family<br>Hey hey<br>We keep it coming in the family<br><br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br>It runs in the family<br>All the things we are<br>On the backseat of the car<br>With joseph and emily<br>We only see so far<br>- 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes<br>Take me back into your arms<br>It's no longer a mystery<br>No cause for alarm<br>Could have never come this far<br>With no sense of history<br>It always leaves a scar<br>- and we all have our daddy's eyes<br>Looking back it's so bizarre<br><br>Running in the family<br><br>Hey, hey!