It Runs in the Family Songtext
von Marwood Williams

My mother says I am lazy
I got problems with authority
She says I need to put aside my dreams
And face reality

My father thinks I am crazy
Grandma and grandpa agree
They tell me all the time I′ve lost my mind
But it don't bother me
It′s so obvious to see

It runs in the family
It runs in the family
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
So why they hassle me?
Because it runs in the family

My uncle says I am useless
And I lack responsibility
I party too much and I waste my time
In a life of debauchery


Funny he doesn't remember
His brush with notoriety
That time he got drunk and thrown into jail
But still he questions me
Such hypocrisy

It runs in the family
It runs in the family
I′m keeping the traditions of my ancestry
So don′t be mad at me
It runs in the family

So many relatives with advice for me
But they don't see
All the insanity that runs so deep
Through the roots and branches
Of our crazy family tree

It runs in the family
It runs in the family
I′m burdened and blessed by heredity
So don't you worry about me
It runs in the family