the sins of a family fall on the daughter

Singer:grass roots, the

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

would have sold herself to the devil gladly

what a sad environment

a bug-ridden tenement

and when they couldn't pay the rent because her father was out getting liquor

the stone's been cast in blood thicker than water

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

at the age of 16 she had been around

more than any girl of 30

and the high i.q.'s who condemned her knew

she was a product of poor heredity

yeah

it's a fictitious fact when you fall on your back

you can backtrack failure with inspection

without exception

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

oh

the devil is open to all of us

heaven selects just a precious few

and it takes some inside pull to get

gabriel to make an angel out of you

one can't live a lie and expect to die

and with your soul in paradise

you know you gotta pay the price like you oughta!

blood's thicker than water

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

and the sins of a family fall on the daughter

yeah!. and the sins of a family fall on the daughter