From the recording Lifetimes
Lyrics
Family Ties
Bainbridge/Smith
It’s with a heavy heart
We remember how it used to be
We’re lead to believe
You don’t want to meet
We’re lead to believe
You dread the phone ringing
It’s only too late
If you want to desert us
We never held you back
We wanted you to be yourselves
We’ll always have your back
Our love won’t be withheld
We all have our faults
Doesn’t mean things should change
Importance of family
Have an outstretched hand
We want you to be happy
We will not desert you
That’s the way it is
Between family ties
We never held you back
We wanted you to be yourselves
We’ll always have your back
Our love won’t be withheld
It doesn’t mean we can’t be friends
We’ll always have an open heart
It doesn’t have to be this way
We learn to forgive and forget
For if we live in the past
It only fills us with regret
We never held you back
We wanted you to be yourselves
We’ll always have your back
Our love won’t be withheld