Brother lyrics
by Billie Joe Armstrong
Once I had a brother
And we grew up looking out for each other
And when he f*cked up
I did my best to cover his lies
I hid him from the cops when he was a runaway
Put him up when he was on the streets with no place to stay
And when he lied and stole
I looked the other way
Cuz in time
I knew he would find a way to get his life together
And we would be alright if we just stuck together
And somehow we would both make it through
Somehow we would make it through
Maybe I tried too hard to be a brother
There comes a time you gotta burn your bridges to discover
What you are inside
I thought I knew my brother but I was wrong
Maybe I'd been lying to myself all along
When he burned his bridges he burned me at the same time
Well brother, brother
How could you be so hateful, so ungrateful
After all that we'd been through?
Someday you'll get what's coming to you
Someday you'll get what's coming to you