Our dad would send us to our room, he'd be the voice of doom
He said that we would thank him later
All day he was solid as a rock, but by eight o'clock we'd be crumbling
One night, my brother Joe and me climbed down the family tree
That grew outside our bedroom window
We ran though we knew it couldn't last running from the past
From things that we were born to be
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the back seat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes, looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are, looking back it's so bizarre
Dad rang, the officer in charge, a man so large
He barely fit his circumstances
He said two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat and in the station
So there's me with Emily and Joe and daddy driving home
All heading in the same direction
He knew, no matter what the breaks, we'd make the some mistakes
Couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the back seat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes, looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are, looking back it's so bizarre
Like a dream within a dream we're all somewhere in-between
Like a drummer with his drum, like a father, like a son
You're gonna have to face the music - face the music
Hey, hey, we keep it running in the family
Hey, hey, we keep on coming in the family
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are
On the back seat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far
And we all have our daddy's eyes, looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family, all the things we are, looking back it's so bizarre
Running in the family
Running in the family and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back, it's bizarre, running in the family