Brothers

One day

1932

My dad was born in

Northeast Ohio

One day

1941

His oldest brother Lenny went to war

And their mother waited every day

For the mail at the door

But he lost that brother in Pearl Harbor and

Still the mother

Put a gold star in the window and waited

And waited

For him to come home but he

Never ever ever ever showed

And my dad

He's still around

He's 80 years old and

He's never ever left that town

One day

1989

His brother Billy got bad news

Really bad news

And my dad would

Visit him from time to time

Keep him company help the family bring him food and other things

That Billy liked

And as it all turned out

He lost that brother to pancreatic cancer

And my uncle's remembered as a hard worker and a good family man

And my dad

He's still kickin' round

That old broken down

Steel mill town

And my dad

I still go see

And we talk 'til late at night

And we sit around and watch TV

One day

Late 2012

His brother Bobby wasn't feeling too well

He wasn't feeling too well

There wasn't much

Much that could be done

Failing health at the age of 81

And as it went he lost

His last brother to natural causes that winter

And my uncle Bobby's remembered as a charming and funny man

And my dad

He is still around

And I'll miss him like hell

When I can no longer hear the sound

Of his voice giving me advice and

Tellin' me the latest news

When we can't sit around and watch old reruns