Standard (EADGBE)

my friend has problems with winter and autumn

they give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on him

they say its genetic they say he cant help it

they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it

my friend has blight he gets shakes in the night

and they say there is no way that they could have caught it in

time takes its toll on him it is traditional

it is inherited predisposition

all day i've been wondering what is inside of me who can i blame for it

i say:

it runs in the family this famine that carries me

to such great lengths to open my legs

up to anyone who’ll have me

it runs in the family i come by it honestly

do what you want cause who knows it might fill me up

my friends depressed she's a wreck she's a mess

they’ve done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something to do with her grandmother

grandfathers grandmother civil war soldiers who

badly infected her

my friend has maladies rickets and allergies that she dates back to the 17th century

somehow she manages - in her misery - strips in the city

and shares all her best tricks with

me? well, i'm well. well, i mean i'm in hell. well, i still have my health

(at least that's what they tell me)

if wellness is this, what in hells name is sickness?

but, business is business!

and business

runs in the family we tend to bruise easily

bad in the blood i'm telling you ‘cause

i just want you to know me

know me and my family

we’re wonderful folks

but don't get too close to me cause you might knock me up

mary have mercy now look what i've done

but don't blame me because i cant tell where i come from

and running is something that we’ve always done

well and mostly i can’t even tell what i'm running from

i run from their pity

from responsibility

run from the country

and run from the city

i can run from the law

i can run from myself

i can run for my life

i can run into debt

i can run from it all

i can run 'till i'm gone

i can run for the office

and run from the cause

i can run using every last ounce of energy

i cannot

i cannot

i cannot

run from my family

they're hiding inside me

corpses on ice

come in if you'd like

but just don't tell my family

they'd never forgive me

they’ll say that i'm crazy

but they would say anything if it would

shut me up.....