Barry McGuire — The Sins of a Family

[Verse 1] 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 Ah, what a sad environment, a bug-ridden tenement And when they couldn't pay the rent It was 'cause her father was out gettin' liquored Ah, the stone's been cast, and blood's thicker than water [Chorus] And the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter [Verse 2] 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's a product of poor heredity It's a fictitious fact When you fall on your back Ah, you can backtrack failure with inspection Without exception [Chorus] All the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter [Verse 3] Oh, the Devil is open to all of us Heaven selects a precious few And it takes some inside pull 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 gotta pay the price Like you oughta, ah, blood's thicker than water [Chorus] And the sins of a family fall on the daughter Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter