Lyrics The Sins Of A Family - Barry McGuire

The Sins Of A Family

She had a bad childhood when she was very young
So don’t judge her too badly
She had a schizophrenic mother who worked in the gutter
And would have sold herself to the devil, gladly
What a sad environment
A bug ridden tenement
And when they couldn’t pay the rent
It was 'cause her father was out
Getting liquored
Oh, the stone’s been cast
And blood’s thicker than water
And the sins of the family fall on the daughter
Yeah the sins of the family fall on the daughter
At the age of 16 she had been around more
Than any girl over 30
And the high I. Q's who condemned her
Knew she’s a product of poor heredity
It’s a fictitious fact when you fall on your back
You can backtrack failure with inspection, without exemption
All the sins of the family fall on the daughter
Yeah the sins of the family fall on the daughter
Oh, the devil is open to all of us
Heaven selects a precious few
And it takes some inside pull to get Gabriel
To make an angel of you
One can’t live a lie then expect to die
With a soul in paradise
You know you gotta pay the price
Like you oughtta
Blood’s thicker than water
And the sins of the family fall on the daughter
Yeah the sins of the family fall on the daughter