Amanda Palmer - Runs In The Family Lyrics
My friend has problems with winter and autumnThey give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on himThey say it's genetic, they say he can't help it,They say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it.My friend has blight, he gets shakes in the nightAnd they say that there's no way that they could have caught it inTime takes his 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 familyThis famine that carries me to such great lengths,To open my legs up to anyone who'll have meIt runs in the familyI come by it honestly do what you want'Cause who knows it might fill me upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upFill me upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMy friend's depressed she's a wreck she's a messThey've done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something toDo with her grandmother's grandfather's grandmotherCivil war soldiers who badly infected herMy friend has maladies, rickets, and allergiesThat she dates back to the 17th centurySomehow she manages - in her misery -Strips in the city and shares all her best tricks withMe? 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 businessRuns in the familyWe tend to bruise easily bad in the bloodI'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 upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upKnock me upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMary have mercy now look what I've doneBut don't blame me because I can't help where I come from andRunning is something that we've always done wellAnd mostly I can't even tell what I'm running fromI run from their pity, from responsibility,Run from the country, and run from the cityI can run from the law, I can run from myself,I can run for my life, I can run into debtI can run from it all, I can run 'til I'm gone,I can run for the office, and run from the causeI can run using every last ounce of energyI cannot, I cannot, I cannotRun from my familyThey're hiding inside of me, corpses on iceCome in if you like but just don't tell my familyThey'd never forgive me, they'd say that I'm crazyBut they would say anything if it wouldShut me upShut me upShut me upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upShut me upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe upMe up
