In the later forties
When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice King
He gave her the ring that she wore


Janice the smiling daughter
Who came from a marriage way before

But Eunice was the father that she always saw

Though they never never never never told her

She always knew the score
You see kids were so much wiser after the wars


But Diddy hadn't have enough
She had to get some more
On a ration piece of paper, she wrote "Eunice, I'm not sure"


And with her child in her arms
She went looking for a fling

Besides, she didn't like the name Mrs. King

The first time that she heard Damper Dan

Was on the radio
Crooning at a volume that was way, way down low


Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's name was Dan
Soon after he was a calling
And he asked, begged and pleaded for her hand


Damper's heart was dampened
When Diddy answered "no, no, no, no, no"

But if she changed her mind, she said "Dan, I'll let you
know"


With her child in her arms
She went looking for man
Besides, she didn't like the name Damper Dan


Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage queen
Through all of her mother's lovers

She kept the name Levine

Behind the picture house she first made her scene

With a boy called Allister
Who was dating a friend called Celine


And Celine wasn't mad when Janice came in between
But Allister got scared when he heard
And he joined the USA Marines


Inheritance, you see, runs through every family
Who is to say what is to be is any better

Over and over it goes, goodness and badness winds blow

Over and over, over and over

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over
The good and the bad winds blow