Our dad would send us to our room
He'd be the voice of doom, he said that we would thank him later
All day he was solid as a rock
But by eight o'clock we'd be crumbling.

One night my brother Joe and me
Climbed down the family tree that grew outside our bedroom window
We ran though we knew it couldn't last
Running from the past, from things that we were born to be.

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are.

On the backseat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far.

And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre.

Dad rang the officer in charge
A man so large, he barely fit his circumstances
He said two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat and in the station.

So there's me with Emily and Joe
And daddy driving home, all heading in the same direction
He knew no matter what the breaks
We'd make the same mistakes, couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are.

On the backseat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far.

And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are.

Looking back it's so bizarre.

Like a dream within a dream
We're all somewhere in between (Ooohooohooohooo)
Like a drummer plays his drum, like a father, like a son (Ooohooohooohooo)
You're gonna have to face the music, oh yeah (Face the music).

Hey, hey, we keep it running in the family
Hey, hey, we keep on coming in the family.

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are.

On the backseat of the car
With Joseph and Emily
We only see so far.

'Cause we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, oho, yeah
Running in the family (2x).

And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre, oho, yeah
Running in the family.