Running In The Family lyrics by Level 42
Title : RUNNING IN THE FAMILYArtist : LEVEL 42
Composed by : KING / BADAROU / GOULD
Copyright : BMG Music Publishing
Warner Chappell Music Publishing
Reference Number : 0045
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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 crumblin'
One night my brother Joe an' me climbed down the fam'ly tree
That grew outside our bedroom window
We ran though we knew it couldn't last, running from the past
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 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
That man, 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
Were 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 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 we're all somewhere in between
Like a drummer plays his drum like a father like a son
You're gonna have to face the music
Oh yeah, face the music, hey, hey
We keep it runnin' in the family, hey, hey
We keep on comin' in the family
Lookin' 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 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes
Lookin' back it's so bizarre, whoa yeah, runnin' in the family
Runnin' in the family
And we all have our daddy's eyes
Lookin' back it's so bizarre, whoa yeah, runnin' in the family
Runnin' in the family
And we all have our daddy's eyes
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Transcribed and programmed by : Dave Clackett
Copyright (C)1990
