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.
Aw, what a sad environment,
a buck -ridden tenement.
And when they couldn't pay the rent,
it's cause her father was
out getting liquor.
Aw, the stone's been cast
and blood's thicker than water.
And the sins of a family fall
on the daughter
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the
daughter
At the age of sixty
she had been around more
than any girl over thirty
And the high accused
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 exception.
The sins of a family fall on
the daughter.
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on
the daugh ter.
Ah, the devil is open to all of us.
Heaven selects a precious few.
And it takes some insight pulled
to get Gabriel make an angel of you.
One can't live a lie,
then expect to die.
With a soul in paradise,
you know you've got to pay
the price like you ought to.
Our blood's thicker than water,
and the sins of a family fall
on the daughter.
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the
daughter