Brother

Brother you know some dark secret

In a language you could never understand

And I've watched you struggle

Underneath the weight to speak it

Hiding from the ones who'd take it

Just because they can

Brother you ain't in no danger

Of some deeper understanding

No-one gives a damn about your dead man's blues

Having nothing for a stranger

Seem to me from where I'm standing

Like a man who might have nothing left to lose

 So keep your head up high

 Keep your profile low

 Let them fools all take their chances

 Keep your cards face up and laughing

 Stay the high road, brother

 Let the devil walk home

Brother you were born into a house on fire

It's all you ever knew

And that fire is burning still

Like a silent midnight prayer

You believe it

So I know it must be true

And I know that there's a child in you

Who goes by many names

I still hear him crying in the night

You tore him from the only truth

That could have saved him from the flames

And led him safely back into the light

 So keep your head up high

 Keep your profile low

 Let them fools all take their chances

 Keep your cards face up and laughing

 Stay the high road, brother

 Let the devil walk home