I Knew Your Brother Lyrics

I knew your brother so well

And your mother, none could tell

How we'd got to be such friends

Yes, I knew her 'til the end

And your father, he too

Came around there, and I knew

All about him, by and by

And I knew his violent side

And you, oh you

Were the one I hardly knew

Though we'd steal away to get stoned

Still I always felt alone

Near the rocks, where you broke your knee

Was a burning maple tree

And the fledgling minivets

Were all leaping from the nest

Driving in, on that final day

It all seemed so out of place

In the planter by the shed

I saw your tie-neck blouse in shreds

You came running across the sand

With a brick held in each hand

The cabana was in flames

You were screaming out my name