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Baby Brother

I got a woman sheÕs half crazy
and people say IÕm the other half
When weÕre not screaming, how we laugh
SheÕs got a juvenile brother
who donÕt know much but sings just like a bird
ItÕs the damnedest thing youÕve ever heard
When we go driving heÕs in the back seat
singing and stomping time with his feet
I swear he knows every song in the world
Come on kid where headed out to
no place or another
Sing us that sad one baby brother

Their old man he served hard time
and living caged robbed him of his soul
ÒSon I spent 10 years in that hole
And every night when the guard called lights out
I prayed to God IÕd be dreaming about
Holding their sweet mother in the sun
She waited lonely
then fell in love with another
Left eyes to haunt me in baby brother
Her eyes still haunt my through baby brother

Maybe one day IÕll remember
One day IÕll remember to forget herÓ

I hear there's work outside of town
She took my ring WeÕre gonna settle down
WeÕll take our chances come what may
Rice fell on the courthouse lawn
The tavern jukebox played all night long
We drank to those far away and near
Then some jealous fool cut loose
and we dove for cover
All come up shaking except baby brother
He caught a stray one but it killed everyone
Good bye brother brother
Good bye baby brother


copyright 2002
Jon Swift

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