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