Oh Brother

from Oklahoma Vernacular by Matt Moran

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My brother's a straight shooter yeah he'll tell you like it is
Except when he don't say nothin' cause he don't remember it
He's tough and he's lonesome and he's lost as they get
He's done his time in county cause he drinks a bit

He called me up last Sunday, he sounded like a ghost
Called me up collect like no one does anymore
Said he caused some trouble in a bar in New Orleans
Stabbed a man with his knife, cut him deep and clean

Brother... oh, brother
What have you done?

There's horses you can't hitch and there's fences you can't mend
He was one of those and this was one of them
Like a moth to a flame he'd always find a way
To get himself all tethered up in the things he can't contain

Been a month worth of Sundays since I have talked to him
Said he'd do anything to stay out of the pen
Said he's headed for the sun off the edge of the world
Right into that great big void where we'll all be hurled

Brother... oh, brother
What have you done?

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from Oklahoma Vernacular, released October 20, 2023

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Matt Moran & the Palominos make existential country music.

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