Blood Brothers

And the story goes that he caught a knife
And the money rolled in, we were livin' high
And he pushed his luck and it cost his life
Billy said he got the money, put us on the first Greyhound bus
He didn't have to tell me he was breakin' the law

We were blood brother
And he loved him like no other

He said to me one day, we ain't gonna beat the crime
I knew it was him, the men was lookin' for
And I loved him like no other

They were blood brother

I was a hungry black boy living with the world on my back
Oh, the uptown life can cost you poverty
To the end, well, well, well
When I heard heard it on the news
They were blood brother
We shared what we had but we never have enough to eat
He was my blood brother
But Billy was my friend and we swore one rainy night
One [Incomprehensible] had died

You're my blood brother
Billy couldn't take nine to five, his soul can't stay alive
Billie was a white man's son living in a one room shack
Well, well, well, yeah
So I watched him change as the days went by
Lord, I loved him like no other
We were blood brother right till the end

New York City lights gonna be greetin' us

And I loved him like no other
We're too amused but we suffered in dignity
And split those days in the Alabama heat
'Coz how long can you watch carnival
We were blood brother right to the end
And I loved him like no other
Mamma said it didn't look right, black just don't mix with white

I sat down and I cried on that rainy night
To be blood brother
Turned eighteen and we had no place to go