Jamie’s got three sisters, sometimes that’s no good
Tommy doesn’t have any at all, sometimes he wishes he could
Sarah lives with her father, her mom is far away
And Carrie’s house has got an extra room, and her mom’s friend is coming to stay
What could these all be?

CHORUS
Family (it’s a family)
It’s just people livin’ together
Family (it’s a family)
learning to get along
Family (it’s a family)
It’s just people livin’ together
Family (it’s a family)
learning to get along

Now every family’s different, there’s no two just the same
Different sizes, different ages, different colors and names
Sometimes families fight and sometimes they get along
Sometime your family makes you so sad and sometimes it helps you feel strong
Sometimes you feel so strong when you’re with your

CHORUS

Don’t let anybody tell you
That just ‘cause you’re different you’re wrong
Everybody’s got their own way
Everybody’s got their own song

One’s got skin the color of the earth, another is bronze, one’s tan
One lives in Nigeria, another lives in Japan
One sees the sun as it’s coming up, another as it’s going down
For all their differences, they’re brother and sisters
The same the whole world round
Now what could we all be
There’s just one word that occurs to me

Family, we’re just people living together
Family, learning to get along
Family, the world is just people living together
Family, learning to get along

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