[Verse 1]
She had a bad childhood when she was very young
So don't judge her too badly
She had a schizophrenic mother
Who worked in the gutter
And would have sold herself to the Devil, gladly
Ah, what a sad environment, a bug-ridden tenement
And when they couldn't pay the rent
It was 'cause her father was out gettin' liquored
Ah, the stone's been cast, and blood's thicker than water

[Chorus]
And the sins of a family fall on the daughter
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter

[Verse 2]
At the age of 16
She had been around more than any girl over 30
And the high I.Q.'s
Who condemned her knew
She's a product of poor heredity
It's a fictitious fact
When you fall on your back
Ah, you can backtrack failure with inspection
Without exception
[Chorus]
All the sins of a family fall on the daughter
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter

[Verse 3]
Oh, the Devil is open to all of us
Heaven selects a precious few
And it takes some inside pull
To get Gabriel
Make an angel of you
One can't live a lie then expect to die
With a soul in paradise
You know you gotta pay the price
Like you oughta, ah, blood's thicker than water

[Chorus]
And the sins of a family fall on the daughter
Yeah, the sins of a family fall on the daughter