Goodbye My Brother

We enjoyed reliving the gunfight at the o.k. coral
Being young we were the best of pals
Playing cowboys and Indians all day
Being the bad guy was my brothers way-

When we were grown partying was our thing
We could hang with the pleasures it would bring
As life found us getting a little to old
All that fast living the body couldn't hold-

Good bye, good bye, good bye my brother
Good bye, good bye, say hello to Mother-

When mama died the family drifted away
The closeness we had just didn't stay
Sometimes we would see each other on the street
But it was more like strangers when we'd meet-

I went to see my brother just today
It would be the last time sadly to say
Cancer had got him and took it's tole
O' Lord have mercy on my brothers soul-

Good bye, good bye, good bye my brother
Good bye, good bye, say hello to Mother-


© 2009 By Ronnie N. Smith