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 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

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

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


Like a drummer plays his drum
like a father like a son

- and your gonna have to face the music
- face the music


Hey hey
we keep it running in the family
hey hey

we keep it 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

take me back into your arms
it's no longer a mystery
no cause for alarm
could have 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

running in the family


Hey, hey!