BROTHER,DEAR WHY ARE YOU CRYING
IS THAT PAIN IN YOUR EYES I SEE
OR IS IT ANGER,OR FEAR
WHAT COULD IT BE
COULD IT BE THAT I FORGOT
TO CHECK WITH YOU LIKE SISTERS DO
AND LIFT YOUR SPIRIT'SWHEN YOU FELT BLUE
AS YEARS GO BY WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
WE'LL ALWAYS BE AROUND
OUR LIVES UNCHANTED
BUT HERE I AM AT THIRTY SEVEN
AND YOU ONLY NINETEEN
HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN
THINGS WENT WRONG AS YOU LIVED IN YOUR TEEN'S
I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT YOU WERE NEVER MEAN
YOU WONDERED OFF WITH THE WRONG CROWD
WHY COULDN'T I SEE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
YOU NEEDED HELP, BUT NO HELP CAME
ONLY CONFUSION, AND PAIN
OR WAS IT FEAR
THAT MADE YOU TAKE AWAY
THE BROTHER, THAT I LOVE SO DEAR
YOU LEFT BEFORE I COULD SAY GOOD BYE
NOW WHEN I THINK OF YOU I ONLY CRY, CRY, CRY