Only Child

[Verse 1]

Boy of mine

As your fortune comes to carry you down the line

And you watch while the changes unfold

And you sort among the stories you'll be told

If some pieces of the picture are hard to find

And the answers to your questions are hard to hold

[Chorus]

Take good care of your mother

When you're making up your mind

Should one thing or another take you from behind

Though the world may make you hard and wild

And determine how your life is styled

When you've come to feel that you're the only child

Take good care of your brother

[Verse 2]

Let the disappointments pass

Let the laughter fill your glass

Let your illusions last until they shatter

Whatever you might hope to find

Among the thoughts that crowd your mind

There won't be many that ever really matter

[Chorus]

But take good care of your mother

And remember to be kind

When the pain of another will serve you to remind

That there are those who feel themselves exiled

On whom the fortune never smiled

And upon whose lives the heartache has been piled

They're just looking for another

Lonely child (Ah)

[Outro]

And when you've found another soul

Who sees into your own

Take good care of each other

Take good care of each other

When you're thinking you're alone

Be aware of each other

When you're looking for something of your own

Take good care of each other

Find it in the care of each other (Take good care)