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Family Ties

from Star Witness by Backdoor Frontman

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CHORUS 1:
Family ties, the ties that bind
Can I ever cut you loose?
These family ties have got us
Tied up like a noose.
Can I ever get you to myself?
Is there any hope of that?
‘Cause I’d like to form some family ties with you.

VERSE 1:
I met you up at school and I found you to be cool.
We began to go around more and more.
When the weekend rolled around, I’d be set to paint the town,
But you were always running back to daddy’s door.

VERSE 2:
With graduation close at hand I decide to take a stand:
I plan on how we’ll move to gay Paris!
Now a B.A.’s nice to have and it looks fine up on your wall
But what you really need to know is Lotus 1-2-3.

BRIDGE:
Broke and out of work, our debt it starts to lurk.
You decide it’s time to move back home.
Nothing left for me to do but come along and move there too,
Your family ties will catch us as we fall.

GUITAR SOLO (fingerpicked arpeggios over chorus chords)

CHORUS 2:
Family ties, the ties that bind
Will they ever cut us loose?
Your family finds it’s pulling us
‘Round like a caboose.
Will I ever get you to myself?
Is there any hope of that?
‘Cause I’d like to form some family ties with you.

VERSE 3:
Now the years have added up and I fell into a rut,
While you enjoyed upward mobility.
Now you’re the one who wants to go, and
I’m the one who can’t say no
To the family ties that have grown so dear to me!

CHORUS 3:
Family ties, the ties that bind
Will you ever cut me loose?
These family ties have got me
Have got me tied up like a noose.
Will you ever get me to yourself
Is there any hope of that?
‘Cause I’d like to form some family ties
It’s high time we formed family ties
I’d really like to form some family ties with you.

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from Star Witness, released August 1, 1999
Written by Jason Musser

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