Family History — текст песни (Tim O`Brien)

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