Family History

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 --- Family History - Tim O'Brien