| I heard a battle ragin
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| On the other side of the wall
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| I buried my head in a pillow and tried to ignore it all
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| Every night when I hear you
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| I dream of breakin down your door
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| An avengin knight in shinin armor to rescue you from it all
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| From this family business
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| Family business
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| How long does it stay
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| Family business
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| Oh, it’s nobody’s business
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| This family business
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| But tell me how long it should stay
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| Family business
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| When I see you in the supermarket
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| Sunglasses in the shade
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| Avertin your eyes from those starin questions
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| How were those bruises made
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| The children clutch tight to your legs
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| They’ve got so much they want to say
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| But daddy’s sittin home drunk again
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| So they bite their lips and pray
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| Cause daddy don’t like people pryin
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| Pokin in his family affairs
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| And if anyone ask from the social well
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| You fell down the stairs
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| It’s family business
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| Keep it in the family business
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| Can you tell me how long it remains
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| Family business
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| Oh, it’s nobody’s business
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| This family business
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| Can you tell me how long it should stay
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| Family business
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| She’s waitin at the bus stop
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| At the bottom of the hill
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| She knows she’ll never catch it
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| She knows she never will
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| The kids are all she lives for
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| She’s got nothin left to lose
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| Nowhere to escape to
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| But she knows she’s got to move
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| Cause when daddy tucks the kids in
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| Its takin longer every night
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| And the heaven that she’s waitin for
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| Through the hell it lasts all night
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| It’s family business
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| Keep it in the family business
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| Can you tell me how long it remains
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| Family business
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| Oh, it’s nobody’s business
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| Oh, this family business
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| Can you tell me how long it should stay
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| Family business
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| So I become an accessory
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| And I don’t have an alibi
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| To the victim on my doorstep
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| The only way I can justify
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| It’s family business
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| Family business
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| How long do we keep it
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| Family business |