Lyrics

MY BIG BROTHER

By: Jim L'Esperance

Well it all got started with a little boy
Lookin down on his baby brother
Figurin' out
How to take him out
One way or another
I was the one lookin' up at you
And I guess that never changed
Right down to the way that I sing
The way I play
The way this song’s arranged

Well I can’t recall my very first song
Though they always sounded better with you
But I remember the fights
And the late summer nights
Playing the games that boys do
But you and me
Became family
Whenever we sang a tune
And to this this day
I can not play
Without thinkin' about you

I’ve been so mad at you
You can make me spit
Just thinkin' about your hard head
Sometimes I gotta wonder who would care
If we just flushed it all down the drain
But all those songs
Come back to you
One way or another
I just want the world to hear
My big brother
My big brother

I remember that day
Like yesterday
You were the playin' when I walked through the door
You didn’t know I was there
I just pulled up a chair
I was alone at a table of four
I’d never heard such a thing
When you started to sing
My tears rolled onto the floor
I always knew you were good
But that night was something more
I always knew you were special
But that song’s a little bit more

I’ve been so mad at you
You can make me spit
Just thinkin' about your hard head
Sometimes I gotta wonder who would care
If we just flushed it all down the drain
But all those songs
Come back to you
one way or another
I just want the world to hear
My big brother
My big brother

There are moments in this life
That you can not turn away
There are times when we must stand up
There are things that we must say
There are voices in this world
That can not not be heard
There is meaning
That goes beyond the written word

Well the little boy grew into a young man
Who had a lot of things to say
But there was something about this young man
Who said them in a certain way
And if you listen carefully
You can hear the sound
Of a heart beat fadin' away
Yeah If you listen close
He was way beyond the fray
Yeah if you listen carefully...
It’s your heartbeat fadin' away

Fadin' away...
My big brother

Fadin' away...
My big brother

Fadin' away...
My big brother