Oh, now my brother's been taken away Gone are the old times when we used to say Oh, a woman was younger, she knew what to do Oh, but I look around me, now that's not so
I'm lost on that open road, no peace do I find Maybe the wind'll blow a melody and, and ease my mind
Soon love is broken, they'll take you away Oh, the wars they been growing as no relief And the old men who ruled them, oh, they're just like thieves They rob from the sunshine, oh, the air ain't so clean Our rivers are dirty where once we could see
A smile of your lady friend looking down Look at that river, hey, did you ever shiver? Well, the earth is broken there is no one to save
I remember quite freely only yesterday Ah, the letter I read from you, read this way Take care lonesome Timmy, ah, don't you start Thinking you're the only, one year that's gone Out on your lonesome road, hey, lend a hand to your friend Yes, he's just as lonely and the wind keeps you cold
Remember the rivers that once did flow clean
Ah, sometimes I wonder how this old world keeps spinning 'round? All the old folks have gone west, Lord, preparing to die All except for a few of us, hangers on Living each day with trivial hearts
Just stop once in a while, cry over the news In some foreign far city your brother's shot down
Because there was a reason, a gun had a hand And the old man killed youth, squeezed down its hope Now, I'm just waiting brother, waiting for the end Soon in my country there won't be a friend Each one is trying so hard to defend That one, one last heartbeat before he's tugged away
Lost in the mechanized, efficient world, logical skies
Ah, but no song was written on without a tear in your eyes Are we the last ones, the last ones to try