Isabel Pless - Pop

Family Tree

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Duration: 3:37

[Verse] Every woman in my family has Lost a child, lost a baby And every man: a brother, daughter, or a son I'm only twenty But I know the way The world can string you up Like a mobile Twisting, fading in the sun It's the things you don't discuss At your hushed Thanksgiving tables that Pull you close That make you fully one [Chorus] Every family has their secrets Has their heartache and their reasons For their silence So as not to come undone [Hook] La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la [Verse] And they hold close to their lies To their debts and their despise Scrawl their names ovеr stolen lullabies [Bridge] Was it the drugs? Or thе drink? Or the money you let sink Into the cards in the middle of the night? You crowd in one-bedroom apartments Work three jobs You're just exhausted And you're still just Barely scraping by Sometimes you wonder if they're heartless Or just damaged past the point of Anything you could ever recognize [Hook] La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la [Verse] Every woman in my family Had to grow up much too quickly And every man has been Right there by her side Someone mentioned it over dinner And in their eyes you could see flicker The hurt of several lifetimes [Chorus] Every family has their secrets Has their heartache and their reasons Even when the silence eats them up Inside [Hook] La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la

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Writers: Isabel Pless

Family Tree

Family Tree

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