Runs In the Family

Grandpa liked grain alcohol and women way too much
That trailer park small town boy who never quite grew up
The hitting and the cheating, the quitting and the leaving
The apple didn't fall far from the tree
Guess it runs in the family

Daddy had a hard life, he grew up way too fast
Taking care of business he shouldn't have
Generation to generation, same old shit, new iteration
He yelled at me like they yelled at him in the Navy
Guess it runs in the family

I've got daddy's temper and his heart of gold
I'm an over spender, and from what I'm told
I got my mama's lips and anxiety
All the things she tried to fix
So the irony is that it runs in the family

Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do
It runs in the family

Mama thought that being perfect was the way to live her dreams
Then she married daddy, so she tried to live through me
If I could just be skinny, buttoned up, so prim and pretty
I could marry up, see the world she didn't see
Guess it runs in the family

I've got daddy's temper and his heart of gold
I'm an over spender, and from what I'm told
I got my mama's lips and anxiety
All the things she tried to fix
So the irony is that it runs in the family

I might do it differently
'Cause I'm making my own way
I learned the good from them
But I learned from their mistakes

So I'm fighting off my demons that are coming straight for me
I know it's hereditary, but I'm trying to break free
From what runs in my family

Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do
It runs in the family
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do
It runs in the family