Family history, I don't know too much, family history, I don't keep in touch 
With my mother and father quite like I want to do 
There's some family history, I'd rather not go lookin' through 

Family history will repeat, look through your history, you're sure to meet 
Someone a walkin' much the same pathway as you 
It's just family history, like it or not you're passin' through 

Family bible, dates and names, faces in pictures look much the same 
Like you're runnin' in circles, until you don't know where it ends 
Can't know where you're goin' until you know just where you've been 

What's with my uncle, I want to know, we never see him whenever we go 
To some family reunion, no one dares to say his name 
It's against the rules in our secret family history game 

Family history, need to learn, lest old troubles will return 
Come back and haunt you, you'll hear them rattle their chain 
You'd better break it, it might just drag you down again 

Family history seems like fate, but you can break it, it's not too late 
To ask a few questions, it's time to face up to your fear 
Because it lies there waitin', it's comin' back again next year