It's Too Bad

It's too bad

That my brother can't be here today

It's too bad

That my brother can't be here today



Well, one time he came around to my house, you know

And I was kinda like outta my mind

And I seen him a-cryin' away



I say hey baby, hey yeah

Hear me cry

Hey baby, baby, baby

Hear me cry



Remember that room full of mirrors I was tellin' you about?

I said brother

Don't tell me you come around here to hustle like the rest of people do

I say brother, brother

Don't tell me you came around here hustlin' like the rest of those people do



And he said "no no, brother Jim"

He said "I'm just comin' here to look for life like you"

He said "don't fear me brother, baby"



I say that what happen sometime

When you lose yourself in nothin'

And he looked at me, you know he said these two blondes around the next day

I said Lord, please don't lose yourself

That what happen when you lose yourself on nothin'



He said "baby, you know me, I'm your brother"

Please don't take me for nothin'



It's too bad, too bad

Lord, my brother just can't be here with me today

It's too bad

My brother can't be here with me today



But he came around to my house and uh asked for me uh, help me out

I said, man go the hell on your hustlin' way, yeah

And I think they send him away to the war today, heh heh



So I'll go way across the tracks, way across the tracks

And man they treat me the same as you do too

Well, I'll go way back over across the track

And they treat me the same as you do

Say man until you come back, completely back, go back where you came from too

Thanks