Name: Troubled Brother
Duration: P00H04M53S
Description: As this is one of the most technically advanced songs I have produced, I have decided to release a free multitrack version of this song as an album in bandcamp.

Troubled Brother

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As this is one of the most technically advanced songs I have produced, I have decided to release a free multitrack version of this song as an album in bandcamp.

lyrics

Troubled brother
Troubled soul
Born by the coal mines
Died on the dole

Never had a purpose
Never had a goal
Troubled brother
Troubled soul

Fearful mother
Fearful son
Had little money
Soon to be none

Brother had a slingshot
Papa had a gun
Fearful mother
Fearful son

But through the madness, through the decay
She is sleeping, in the cradle laid
A sweet little babe, oh can she escape?
Little darling, can she escape?

Shut the curtains
Close the door
Footsteps rattle
through the floor

Brother asks, "Who is it?"
Mother doesn't know
Shut the curtains
Close the door

Troubled brother
Doubled flaws
Looked to father
Breaking laws

"It's the police" they shouted
Banging from outdoors
Troubled brother
Doubled flaws
But through the madness, through the decay
She is sleeping, in the cradle laid
A sweet little babe, oh can she escape?
Little darling, can she escape?

(Instrumental)

20 years have
Gone and past
They have gone now
They are last

(Spoken) Troubled ole' brother
Time just ain't that fast
They have gone now
You are last.

While her brother's
Stuck in jail
Has nobody
Here’s her tale

Husband is a beater
She is small and frail
Has nobody
Here's her tale

But through the madness, through the decay,
She avoided, but never escaped
Did she know it would end this way?
Little darling, can you escape?

Sweet little babe, in my arms laid
Can we escape? Kneeling, I pray.

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released January 13, 2015
Emily Smith: Vocals, Writing
John Christmas: Production

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