Family Business lyrics

I heard a battle raging on the other side of the wall
I buried my head in a pillow and tried to ignore it all.
Every night when I hear you I dream of breaking down your door
an avenging knight in shining armour, to rescue you from it all.

>From this family business, family business
how long does it stay, family business.
It`s nobody`s business, this family business,
but tell me how long it remains family business.

When I see you at the supermarket, sunglasses in the shade
averting your eyes from those staring questions, how were those bruises made?
The children clutch tight to your legs, they`ve got so much they want to say
but daddy`s sitting home, drunk again so they bite their lips and pray
cos daddy don`t like people poking in his private affairs
and if anyone asks from the social, well, you tripped and fell down the stairs.

It`s family business, keep it in the family business.
Can you tell me how long it remains family business?
It`s nobody`s business, this family business.
But tell me how long it should stay family business.

She`s waiting at the bus stop at the bottom of the hill
she know`s she`ll never catch it, she knows she never will.
The kids are all she lives for, she`s got nothing left to lose,
nowhere to escape to, but she knows she`s got to move.
Cos when daddy tucks the kids in, it`s taking longer every night.

It`s family business, keep it in the family business.
Can you tell me how long it reamins family business?
It`s nobody`s business, this family business.
But tell me how long it should stay family business.

So I become an accessory and I don`t have an alibi
to the victim on my doorstep the only way I can justify.

It`s family business, family business.
How long do we keep it family business