BROTHER
( J. Wilson)
© Ochiltree 136 Publishing (2004)

Do you remember, we’d take shots out on the driveway?
You were always Dryden, I was Bobby Orr,
and sometimes you’d even let me score
We’d play soccer in the park, stay out after dark,
listening to Dennis Brown on our sister’s radio,
and talking ‘bout the girls we wanted to know
Then one day, a word spoken out of place
Then ten years, trying to save face

Are the stars still brighter when you’re north of the city?
With a view straight to heaven, well, we’re not to be pitied
No need to say a word after all this time,
it’s good to have you back - brother of mine
And time stood still, I don’t know how,
but just like then I’d take a bullet for you now,
so drink this cup o’ kindness for ‘Auld Lang Syne’,
it’s good to have you back - brother of mine

July seemed so much hotter - was it 1985?
That big Toronto heatwave and I never felt so alive
Now I can’t recall all this fuss
Is it too late to bridge this sea between us?
I stacked ten years of questions row on row
Those things don’t matter to me now, all I want to know
Are the stars still brighter when you’re north of the city?

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From the Album: DREAD & BLUE: A CANADIANA SUITE