My Brother And Me

	  		Rich Brotherton      guitar 
Martin Muse          steel guitar 
John Ludwick         bass 
Mark Petterson       drums 
 
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Grandpa Charles smoked and drank whiskey 
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But he died in 43 
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Nobody like him in all my kin 
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Untill my brother and me 
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He died in a small town so far back 
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They didn't know what hit him maybe a heart attack 
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That was a drag on my grandma you know 
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She never really forgave him  for that 
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Most every year on Christmas Day 
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My dad and me go down where he lay 
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I don't know what kind of man he'd be 
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But he'd like my brother and me 
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Grandmama married a man she found 
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Even fore Grandaddy hit the ground 
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Took 45 years but what do you know 
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He turned that right around 
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Grandma would tell him about the family 
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How they come over from Germany 
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Oma and Opa was hard folks though 
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You know how them  Germans can be 
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When she died we cried  and sang that day 
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With the guitars tuned to the doghouse bass 
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Nobody sings down  low and sweet 
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Not like my brother and me 
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My great grandpappy on my mother's side 
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Made a whole lot of money before he died 
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He was a wildcatter and in the Klan besides 
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And that was a matter of pride 
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Never wondered where great grandpappy went 
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He lit a cigar neath a oxygen tent 
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A man of secrets I'll never know 
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Like a letter never sent 
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They're all livin like they should 
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But all the money in the world didn't do em no good 
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Their daughter went and married an old hayseed 
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And they had my brother and me 
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What do they say about the small town 
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You can take the boy out of Bandera 
 
Not the other way around 
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I don't know but man it's true 
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Those bright lights will get you down 
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I'm gonna stay on the old concrete 
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Cause them city girls they smell so sweet 
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I don't know what the hell they see 
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But they like my brother and me 
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But they like my brother and me 
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They like my brother a little more than they do me 
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But they like my brother and me 
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We go down to the Spur some night 
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And listen to the river neath the pale moon light 
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And tell our buddies what's it's like to be 
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Just like my brother and me 
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Just like my brother and me 
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Don't mess my with mt brother and me 
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Just like my brother and me 
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Just like my brother and me 
 
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From Bruce Robison "Wrapped" 
Lucky Dog Records 1998 
Bruce Robison/Tiltawhirl Music(BMI)