It Runs in the Family Lyrics

My mother says I am lazy

I got problems with authority

She says I need to put aside my dreams

And face reality

My father thinks I am crazy

Grandma and grandpa agree

They tell me all the time I've lost my mind

But it don't bother me

It's so obvious to see

It runs in the family

It runs in the family

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

So why they hassle me?

Because it runs in the family

My uncle says I am useless

And I lack responsibility

I party too much and I waste my time

In a life of debauchery

Funny he doesn't remember

His brush with notoriety

That time he got drunk and thrown into jail

But still he questions me

Such hypocrisy

It runs in the family

It runs in the family

I'm keeping the traditions of my ancestry

So don't be mad at me

It runs in the family

So many relatives with advice for me

But they don't see

All the insanity that runs so deep

Through the roots and branches

Of our crazy family tree

It runs in the family

It runs in the family

I'm burdened and blessed by heredity

So don't you worry about me

It runs in the family