Brothers

Brothers - Audio Idols

The house was like a tomb

I was hiding in my room

As my brother made his way

On down the hall

I didn't want to say goodbye

And I was trying to deny

There was a war and

That he'd got the call

I watched him from my window

Walking down the drive

Then I ran down the stairway

Through the front door and I cried

"You come back you hear

And I let him see my tears

I said

"I'll give you my rookie of DiMaggio

"I'll do anything you want

Clean your room or wash your car

I'll do anything so long as you don't go"

But he said "This is what brothers are for"

Well I had my heroes

But the one I love the most

Taught me how to hunt

And swing a bat

And I wrote him every night

I said I miss our pillow fights

But lately I just wonder where you're at

Sometimes freedom

Makes it hard to live

When it takes things from you

That you don't want to give

I said "You come back you hear

I miss you being near

To laugh and fish down in the maple grove

Yeah I'll do anything you want

There must be someone I can call

And just maybe they would

Let you come back home"

But he wrote

"This is what brothers are for"

I may never have to face

The anger of those guns

Or lie cold and wounded in my blood

Or know the sacrifice and

What it must have cost

For him to love me that much

Well it had been two years and

I held back my tears

When I saw him in that

Wheelchair on the shore

And as I ran and held him tight

That's when he looked me in the eye

He said "I'm sorry that

You have to push me home"

And I said "Hey this is what brothers are for"