Family - Dolly Parton

Written by：Carl Perkin/Ray Bunch

When it's family you forgive them for they know not what they do

When it's family you accept them 'cause you have no choice but to

When it's family they're a mirror of the worst and best in you

And they always put you to the test

And you always try to do your best

And just pray for God to do the rest when it's family

Some are preachers some are gay

Some are addicts drunks and strays

But not a one is turned away when it's family

Some are lucky others ain't

Some are fighters others faint

Winners losers sinners saints it's all family

And when it's family you trust them and your heart's an open door

When it's family you tolerate what you'd kill others for

When it's family you love and hate and take then give some more

Somehow you justify mistakes try to find some better way

To solve the problems day to day in the family

You take the trouble as it comes and love them more than anyone

Good or bad or indifferent it's still family

You choose your lovers you pick your friends

Not the family that you're in nah

They'll be with you 'til the end 'cause it's family

And when it's family you forgive them for they know not what they do

When it's family they're a mirror of the worst and best in you

When it's family when it's family

Let me be all that I should be to the family