THE HOUSE

WAS LIKE A TOMB

I WAS HIDIN'

IN MY ROOM

AS MY BROTHER

MADE HIS WAY

ON DOWN THE HALL

I DIDN'T WANT TO

SAY GOODBYE

AND I WAS

TRYIN' TO DENY

THERE WAS A WAR

THAT HE GOT THE CALL

I WATCHED HIM FROM

MY WINDOW

WALKIN' DOWN THE DRIVE

THEN I RAN DOWN

THE STAIRWAY

THROUGH

THE FRONT DOOR

AND I CRIED

YOU COME BACK

YOU HEAR

AND I LET HIM SEE

MY TEARS

I SAID I'LL GIVE YOU

MY ROOKIE OF DIMAGGIO

I'LL DO ANYTHING

YOU WANT

CLEAN YOUR ROOM

OR WASH YOUR CAR

I'LL DO ANYTHING

SO LONG

AS YOU DON'T GO

BUT HE SAID

THIS IS WHAT

BROTHERS ARE FOR

WELL I HAD MY HEROES

BUT THE ONE I LOVE

THE MOST

TAUGHT ME HOW TO HUNT

AND SWING A BAT

AND I WROTE HIM

EVERY NIGHT

I SAID I MISS OUR

PILLOW FIGHTS

BUT LATELY

I JUST WONDER

WHERE YOU'RE AT

SOMETIMES FREEDOM

MAKES IT HARD TO LIVE

WHEN IT TAKES THINGS

FROM YOU

THAT YOU DON'T

WANT TO GIVE

I SAID YOU COME BACK

YOU HEAR

I MISS YOU BEIN' NEAR

TO LAUGH AND FISH

DOWN IN

THE MAPLE GROVE

YEAH I'LL DO ANYTHING

YOU WANT

THERE MUST BE

SOMEONE

I COULD CALL

AND JUST MAYBE

THEY WOULD LET YOU

COME BACK HOME

BUT HE WROTE

THIS IS WHAT

BROTHERS ARE FOR

I MAY NEVER HAVE TO

FACE THE ANGER

OF THOSE GUNS

OR LIE COLD

AND WOUNDED

IN MY BLOOD

OR KNOW THE SACRIFICE

AND WHAT IT MUST

HAVE COST

FOR HIM TO LOVE ME

THAT MUCH

WELL IT HAD BEEN

TWO YEARS

AND I HELD BACK

MY TEARS

WHEN I SAW HIM IN

THAT WHEELCHAIR

ON THE SHORE

AND AS I RAN AND

HELD HIM TIGHT

THAT'S WHEN

HE LOOKED ME

IN THE EYE

AND SAID I'M SORRY

THAT YOU HAVE TO

PUSH ME HOME

AND I SAID HEY

THIS IS WHAT

BROTHERS ARE FOR