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Brother Is Dead Lyrics by Those Poor Bastards

God Awful

2022

The letter, it came in the mail today
I could not believe what it said
Your brother has drowned in the ocean
His plane was shot down, he is dead
So I ran to the arms of my mother
She met me with tear in her eyes
"Why couldn't it be you" she did whisper
Then she closed the door with a sight
Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I'm all alone in the world
I went to the bar for some liquor
But the barman, he turned me away
"Get out of here, you're a loser"
Was all that poor man had to say
When I stepped outside, it was raining
And it chilled me right down to the bone
A girl yelled out from a window
"I hope that you die from the cold"
Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I'm all alone in the world
So I went for to buy an umbrella
From the old general store near the jail
But the shopkeeper laughed at my money
And said "Whatever you do you will fail"
Back outside it was hailing
Lightning and flashed all around
I slept and I fell on the sidewalk
And laid there without making a sound
Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I'm all alone in the world
Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I'm all alone in the world
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Those Poor Bastards

Those Poor Bastards

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"Brother Is Dead" appears on "God Awful" in 2022.

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