Family Business

I heard a battle raging on the other side of the wallI buried my head in a pillow and tried to ignore it allEvery night when I hear you I dream of breaking down your doorAn avenging knight in shining armour, to rescue you from it allFrom this family business, family businessHow long does it stay, family business.It’s nobody’s business, this family businessBut tell me how long it remains family businessWhen I see you at the supermarket, sunglasses in the shadeAverting your eyes from those staring questions, how were those bruises made?The children clutch tight to your legs, they’ve got so much they want to sayBut daddy’s sitting home, drunk again so they bite their lips and pray’Cause daddy don’t like people prying, poking in his private affairsAnd if anyone asks from the social, well, you fell down the stairsIt’s family business, keep it in the family businessCan you tell me how long it remains family business?It’s nobody’s business, this family businessBut tell me how long it should stay family businessShe’s waiting at the bus stop at the bottom of the hillShe know’s she’ll never catch it, she knows she never willThe kids are all she lives for, she’s got nothing left to loseNowhere to escape to, but she knows she’s got to move’Cause when daddy tucks the kids in, it’s taking longer every nightAnd the heaven that she’s waiting forThrough the hell it lasts all nightIt’s family business, keep it in the family businessCan you tell me how long it remains family business?It’s nobody’s business, this family businessBut tell me how long it should stay family businessSo I become an accessory and I don’t have an alibiTo the victim on my doorstep the only way I can justifyIt’s family business, family businessHow long do we keep it family business?