Brother Mine

[Verse 1]

Sonny boy, you need new sneakers

I'd better go into town and get them Friday night

Come to think of it, kid

You need just about everything

But I think everything will be all right

[Verse 2]

So you went and got yourself back into trouble

Went and got yourself into another fight

Come on here, let me see your eye

Now it's all black and swollen

But I think everything will be all right

Yes, I think that you're gonna be all right

[Verse 3]

I don't know why you're such a troublemaker

You'd think that maybe by now you'd see the light

Getting yourself torn up, boy

And we don't have much money

But I think everything will be all right

Yes, I think everything will be all right

[Bridge]

Now maybe I shouldn't yell 'cause I know you're just a kid

But I can't always tell what's on your mind half the time

Brother mine

[Verse 4]

Now I know that you're just my little brother

And I don't expect you to get everything just right

But I think you ought to use

A little more sense than what you're using

And maybe then things would be all right

Yes, maybe then things would be all right

[Verse 5]

Now I know that I sit and I worry too much

Especially when you come home such a sight

But I guess what you've got to do, boy

You go ahead and do it

And I sure hope things will be all right

Yes, I hope everything will be all right

[Verse 6]

Now come back here, you scruffy little brother

Come on back here, let me kiss you goodnight

'Cause I know if you were gone

That I'd miss the sound of laughter

That's gonna make everything all right

Yes, that's gonna make everything all right