Runs in the Family

My friend has problems with winter and autumn
They give him prescriptions, they shine bright lights on him
They 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 night and they
Say there is no way that they could have caught it in
Time takes its toll on him, it's 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 family 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 (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up) Yeah
Fill me up (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up)

My friend's 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's grandfather's 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 hell's 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 (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up) Yeah
Knock me up (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up)

Mary, have mercy now look what I've done but don't
Blame me because I can't help 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

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 say that I'm
Crazy, but they would say anything if it would

Shut me up (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up) Yeah
Shut me up (me up, me up, me up)
(Me up, me up, me up, me up) Oh
Shut me up, me up, me up, me up
Me up, me up, me up, yeah
Shut me up, me up, me up, me up
Me up, me up, me up, me up