In the forties When Diddy Levine with Eunice King He gave her the ring that she
the smiling daughter Who came from a way before But was the father that she always saw
Though never, never, never, never, never, never told her She knew the score You see kids were so much wiser the wars
But Diddy hadn't had enough, she had to get more On a ration of paper She wrote 'Eunice, I'm not
And her child in her arms She went for a fling Besides, she didn't like the 'Mrs. King'
The first that she heard Damper Dan Was on the Crooning at a volume that was way, way low
Diddy was surprised to hear Damper's name was Dan Soon after he was a And he asked, begged and pleaded for her
heart was dampened When Diddy "No, no, no, no, no" But if she changed her mind she said "Dan, let you know"
With her in her arms She went for a man Besides she didn't like the name Dan
Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage Through all of her mother's She kept the name
Behind the picture house she first made her Liked a boy called Who was dating a friend called
And Celine wasn't mad Janet came in between But Allister got scared when he And he the U.S.A. Marines
Inheritance you see runs through every Who is to say what is to be, is any Over and over it goes goodness and badness blow
Over and over, and over Over and over and over and and over and over and over The good wind and the bad wind