The sins of the family (video)

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1. She had a bad childhood when she was very young,

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so don't judge her too badly.

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She had a schizophrenic mother who worked in the gutter

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and woulda sold herself to the devil gladly.

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Oh, what a sad environment a bud-ridden tenement

and when they couldn't pay the rent

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it was 'cause her father was out getting liquored.

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Oh, the stone’s been cast and blood's thicker than water.

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And the sins of a family fall on the daughter,

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all the sins of a family fall on the daughter !

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2. At the age of 16 she had been around more

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than any girl over 30.

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And the high I. Q.'s who condemned her

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knew she was a product of poor heredity.

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It's a fictitious fact when you fall on your back

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you can backtrack failure with inspection without exception.

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Ah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter.

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Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter !

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3. Ah, the devil is open to all of us, heaven selects a precious few,

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and it takes some inside pull to get Gabriel make an angel of you.

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One can't live a lie, then expect to die with a soul in paradise,

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you know you gotta pay the price like you oughtta,

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ah, blood's thicker than water.

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And the sins of a family fall on the daughter,

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Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter !

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(Barry McGuire)