Good Brother John
Jim Ed Brown

(Good brother John)
On the express bus to the Boot Camp John came down the isle
All I could see in the inky black night was a warm but weary smile
He said friend could I sit here by you I cussed him as he sat down
Because everything anybody talk me made me hate this stranger John
John my brother John my friend I cussed him once and I cussed him again
John stood by me to the very end good brother John
Two GI's on an airplane headed for a distant place
John was honest and friendly till I cussed him and spit in his face
Well I thought I'd be a dead man before John turned loose of me
He said you're nothin' but a tomfool whiteman but I swear I'm gonna make you see
John my brother John my friend he never borrowed more than he could land
John stood by me to the very end good brother John
Two months later in the battle in the place that I couldn't even name
John laid beside me with a rifle and I hated him just the same
Then the earth flew up beneath me in a second my eyes were gone
Then a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said it's me John
(Good brother John good brother John)
I said get away boy who needs you he said frind you're comin' with me
Now that somebody's made you blind maybe you can learn to see
Then he picked me up on his shoulders and lifted me off of the ground
But when he stood up straight as a pine tree somebody shot him down
John my brother John my friend gave up his soul to the jumble wind
John stood by me to the very end good brother John
Now I make my way in the darkness but one thing I clearly see
God's good world is full of fine men and they don't all look like me
That lesson cost John his poor life while I can't stumbling back
Lord if I'd've been blind from the very first I'd never known John was black
John my brother John my friend I cussed him once and I cussed him again
John stood by me to the very end good brother John
John my brother John my friend he never borrowed more than he could land
John stood by me to the very end good brother John
Good brother John good brother John good brother John


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  After Dark   Ain't Life Sweet   All I Had To Do   All The World And The Seven Seas   Almost Persuaded   Alone With You   Angel   Ann (summertime Again)   Arms Of August   Baby Again   Back To Louisville   Barrooms And Pop A Tops   Battle Of New Orleans   Beautiful Lies   Because It Couldn't Last   Before The Next Teardrop Falls   Beyond The Shadow   Bottle Hasn't Been Made   Bottle, Bottle   Bubblegum Bandit   Bummin' Around   But I Won't   But That's All Right   Butterfly   Cajun Stripper   Circumstantial Evidence   City Cries At Night   Close   Coffee Cup   Dang Me   Darlin'   Dawn In San Antone   Days Of Sand And Shovels   Dear Heart   Detroit City   Dime At A Time   Don't Let Go   Drinking Again   Drinking Champagne   Easy Lovin'   El Paso   Evening   Every Mile Of The Way   Flowers On The Wall   Folk Singer   Fools   Four Seasons Of Life   Funny How Time Slips Away   Funny Way Of Laughin'   Gentle On My Mind   Gentle Woman Mine   Ginger Is Gentle And Waiting For Me   Gods Were Angry With Me   Goin' Away Party   Going Back To My Baby Tomorrow   Going Up the Country   Going Up To Country   Gunfighter   Harlequin Melodies   Have I Stayed Away Too Long   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Healing Hands Of Time   Heartache Killer   Hearts Will Be Hearts   Heaven Says Hello   Heaven Says Hello   Help Me Make It Through The Night   Here's To Forever   Hey Good Lookin'   Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me   Honky Tonk Man   Honky Tonkin'   How I Love Them Old Songs   How Long Does It Take A Memory To Drown   How Long Has It Been   I Feel A Sin Coming On   I Guess I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night   I Heard From A Memory Last Night   I Just Came From There   I Run For My Love   I Take The Chance   I Won't Go Too Far   I Won't Mention It Again   I'd Just Be Fool Enough (to Fall)   I'd Rather Be Sorry   I'd Walk A Country Mile (for A Country Girl)   I'll Be There   I'll Make The Living   I'm Just A Country Boy   I've Got A Woman To Lean On   I've Just Been Wasting My Time   If Her Blue Eyes Don't Get You   If Wishes Were Horses   If You Were Mine Mary   It Doesn't Know Any Better   It's That Time Of Night   King Of The Road   Last Laugh   Laying Here Lying In Bed   Let It Be Me   Let Me Be The One   Letter To Daddy   Life Is Made Of This   Lift Ring Pull Open   Longest Beer Of The Night   Looking Back To See   Love   Love In The Hot Afternoon   Love Is Worth The Tryin'   Love Of The Common People   Lovin' Arms   Man And Wife Time   Meadowgreen   Molly Darling   Morning   Morning After   My Friend The Bottle My Friend The Glass   My Heart Left Long Ago   My New Love Is Ruby   Not As A Sweetheart (but Just As A Friend)   Now Is The Hour   Old Lamplighter   Only A Woman Like You   Paint Me The Color Of Your Wall   Party Girl   Pick-Me-Ups   Pop A Top   Rainy Jane   Regular On My Mind   Remember Me (i'm The One Who Loves You)   Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)   Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On   She'll Remember   She's Leavin' (bonnie Please Don't Go)   Sing Me A Nursery Rhyme   Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay   Smaller Than The Bottle   Sock It To Me Country Style   Sometime Sunshine   Southern Loving   Summerset   Taste Of Heaven   Tender Touch Of Love   The Cajun Stripper   Then I'll Stop Loving You   There Goes My Everything   They Call The Wind Maria   Three Bells   To Be Or Not To Be   Tom Dooley   Too Good To Be True   Triangle   Unbelievable Love   Understand Little Man   Wake Me Up In Oklahoma   War Is Hell   We're Laughing At The World   What Does It Take (to Keep A Woman Like You Satisf...   What's A Girl Like You (doing In A Place Like This...   Why Can't I Take You Home   Wicked Woman's Love   Will I Ever Stop Loving You   Yesterday   You Can Have Her   You Comb Her Hair   You Don't Have To Say You Love Me   You Keep Right On Loving Me   You Wear A Smile   You've Seen That Look On Me A Thousand Times

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