| They’re there for your first year, they give you your first beer
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| When you get your heart broke, they’re there for your worst year
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| Don’t get you at all, but your apple don’t fall too far from 'em
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| They own too much wicker and drink too much liquor
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| You’d wash your hands of them, but blood’s always thicker
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| You might look just like 'em; |
| that don’t mean you’re like 'em
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| But you love 'em
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| Family is family, in church or in prison
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| You get what you get, and you don’t get to pick 'em
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| They might smoke like chimneys, but give you their kidneys
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| Yeah, friends come in handy, but family is family
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| They’re there when you’re married, divorced, and remarried
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| You fall out of touch, but then someone gets buried
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| And you’re right back together like no time has ever gone by Can’t live with or without 'em; |
| you might talk about 'em
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| But if someone else does, well, then you’ll knock 'em out cause
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| When it’s all said and done, they’re the only ones that you got
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| Family is family, in church or in prison
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| You get what you get, and you don’t get to pick 'em
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| They might smoke like chimneys, but give you their kidneys
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| Yeah, friends come in handy, but family is family
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| Yeah, family is funny, they’ll ask you for money
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| Even though they know you ain’t got no money
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| They show up at Christmas, get up in your business
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| They might not be fancy, but family is family
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| You might look just like 'em; |
| that don’t mean you’re like 'em
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| But you love 'em |