Sins of a Family

She had a bad childhood when she was very young And people prejudged her badly She had a schizophrenic mother who's mind was in the gutter Would have sold herself to the devil gladly Ah, what a sad environment, a bug-ridden tenement And when they couldn't pay the rent It was 'cause her father was out gettin' liquor Ah, the stone's been cast and blood is thicker than water And the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter At the age of 16 she has been around More than any girl over 30 And the high I.Q.'s from the high school news Were callin' you a product of poor heredity It's a well known fact If you fall on your back You can backtrack failure with inspection Such few exceptions Ah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter Ah, the devil is open to all of us Heaven selects just a precious few And it's gonna take all your inside strength To get Gabriel to make an angel out of me and you You know, you can't live a lie and then expect when you die To have your soul in Paradise You know you have to pay the price like you oughta And the blood is thicker than water And the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter