The Sins Of A Family
Barry McGuire
intro Capo 1st 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 woulda sold herself to the devil gladly what a sad environment a bud-ridden tenement and when they couldn’t pay the rent it was ’cause her father was out getting liquored oh the stones been cast and blood’s thicker than water and the sins of a family fall on the daughter all the sins of a 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 was a product of poor heredity it’s a fictitious fact when you fall on your back you can backtrack failure with inspection without exception ah the sins of a family fall on the daughter yea the sins of a family fall on the daughter break- -- ah the devil is open to all of us heavens selects a precious few it takes some inside pull to get Gabriel make an angel of you one can’t live a lie then expect to die ah-with a soul in paradise you know you gotta pay the price like you oughtta blood’s thicker than water and the sins of a family fall on the daughter yea the sins of a family fall on the daughter