It's too bad That my brother can't be here today It's too bad That my brother can't be here today
Well, one time he came around to my house, you know And I was kinda like outta my mind And I seen him a-cryin' away
I say hey baby, hey yeah Hear me cry Hey baby, baby, baby Hear me cry
Remember that room full of mirrors I was tellin' you about? I said brother Don't tell me you come around here to hustle like the rest of people do I say brother, brother Don't tell me you came around here hustlin' like the rest of those people do
And he said "no no, brother Jim" He said "I'm just comin' here to look for life like you" He said "don't fear me brother, baby"
I say that what happen sometime When you lose yourself in nothin' And he looked at me, you know he said these two blondes around the next day I said Lord, please don't lose yourself That what happen when you lose yourself on nothin'
He said "baby, you know me, I'm your brother" Please don't take me for nothin'
It's too bad, too bad Lord, my brother just can't be here with me today It's too bad My brother can't be here with me today
But he came around to my house and uh asked for me uh, help me out I said, man go the hell on your hustlin' way, yeah And I think they send him away to the war today, heh heh
So I'll go way across the tracks, way across the tracks And man they treat me the same as you do too Well, I'll go way back over across the track And they treat me the same as you do Say man until you come back, completely back, go back where you came from too Thanks