I'm in the shadow of my family tree
These branches hangin' over me
It's been tradition
It's what I thought was right
Get a job and be home every night

Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more
Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more

Buy a home and start a family
Settle down in your own security
Put my ways on roads I wasn't shown
Can't dream a dream that ain't my own

Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more
Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more

I'm in the shadow of my family tree
These branches hangin' over me

Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more
Ooh
These ways don't work for me no more
These ways don't work for me no more
These ways don't work for me no more
These ways don't work for me no more