My Brother Mike
I was talking to my brother Mike on the telephone the other night
Hey, Mike, is everything alright, is everything alright?
Did you see the De La Hoya fight
Man, he really punched out that guy’s lights
What ‘ya up to, working all the time
Just when you get ahead you slip behind
How’s Mary, still contrary
Yeah, but she laughs at my jokes and lets me smoke
You always ended up with the same kind
I was talking to my brother Mike
I was talking to my brother Mike on the telephone the other night
Hey, Mike is everything alright, is everything alright?
I’m coming up Sunday in my new car
I’ll take you for a ride
‘68 Malibu, cherry, man
I’ll let you take it for a drive
Going to the high school reunion, no way
Too many faces I’m best off forgetting
Besides, I hate being reminded of how old I’m getting
Guess I never thought I’d live this long
Knock on wood, just like the song
I was talking to my brother Mike, I was talking to my brother Mike
Hey, I’m sorry I smashed up your car when we were kids
Don’t worry about it, it’s water under the bridge
Where’s the girl who wouldn’t marry you cause we weren’t rich
Dad was right, stay in school or we’d be digging a ditch
School of hard knocks, man, hard won, your dignity
Man, it sure is hard sometimes living far away from your family
I was talking to my brother Mike on the telephone the other night
Hey, Mike, is everything alright, is everything alright?
Is it true a white light passes before us
On our way out of this life
Everything we ever saw or felt
Passes before our eyes?
Maybe I’m just one blurry face
In a sea of 10,000 others
All of us who loved you, my brother
So I pray it’s true that love is light
So go with love now, I’m saying goodbye
I was talking to my brother Mike, I was talking to my brother Mike
I was talking to my brother Mike on the telephone the other night
Hey Mike, is everything alright, is everything alright...
