Family Business

<br>I heard a battle raging on the other side of the wall<br>I buried my head in a pillow and tried to ignore it all.<br>Every night when I hear you I dream of breaking down your door<br>an avenging knight in shining armour, to rescue you from it all.<br>>From this family business, family business<br>how long does it stay, family business.<br>It`s nobody`s business, this family business,<br>but tell me how long it remains family business.<br>When I see you at the supermarket, sunglasses in the shade<br>averting your eyes from those staring questions, how were those bruises made?<br>The children clutch tight to your legs, they`ve got so much they want to say<br>but daddy`s sitting home, drunk again so they bite their lips and pray<br>cos daddy don`t like people poking in his private affairs<br>and if anyone asks from the social, well, you tripped and fell down the stairs.<br>It`s family business, keep it in the family business.<br>Can you tell me how long it remains family business?<br>It`s nobody`s business, this family business.<br>But tell me how long it should stay family business.<br>She`s waiting at the bus stop at the bottom of the hill<br>she know`s she`ll never catch it, she knows she never will.<br>The kids are all she lives for, she`s got nothing left to lose,<br>nowhere to escape to, but she knows she`s got to move.<br>Cos when daddy tucks the kids in, it`s taking longer every night.<br>It`s family business, keep it in the family business.<br>Can you tell me how long it reamins family business?<br>It`s nobody`s business, this family business.<br>But tell me how long it should stay family business.<br>So I become an accessory and I don`t have an alibi<br>to the victim on my doorstep the only way I can justify.<br>It`s family business, family business.<br>How long do we keep it family business?