My Tough Kid Brother Bobby
My Tough Kid Brother Bobby"
Music & Lyric by Dennis Genovese & Karen Mantero
© ASCAP April 6, 2002 American Trucker Publishing
(Verse)
Susan was my sister, but not for very long. She never got to know me,
She died when she was three. Still I often wonder, just how she lived at all, for she could not hear, she could not see, she couldn’t even crawl.
(Chorus)
To watch a baby suffering is not an easy task
So beautiful, so innocent, you knew she couldn’t last
Yes my little baby sister, she got lost behind the doors
In a Hospital called Willow Brook, where no one cared at all.
(Verse)
Bobby took his life last night; a week ago he said good-bye
Now I'm left with all the memories, of my tough kid Brother and I
Bobby never had a single chance, only two when he lost his Daddy's love
Susan died when she was only three; forever changed my Father’s stance
(Bridge 3/4 Time change)
And it broke my Mama's heart, to put that little girl away
She watched my Daddy fall apart, I still hear my Mother say!
You should have seen the child cling to him,
You should have seen the child cling to him,
He’s never been the same, since that day.
He said he’d cut off his right arm (on the way) said he’d cut off his right arm
(to Willow Brook) rather than put that little girl away.
(Guitar Interlude)
After Susan died little Andrew was born, Dad’s intentions were good.
He named him after himself, did the best that he could.
(Verse)
Bobby grew up quite confused; his heart of gold had been so abused
With the courage of a Lion in a cage Bobby had no fear,
Bobby filled with rage.
You were lucky to be Bobby’s friend,
You never ever saw him backing down
All the times I missed the beating of my life,
Two of them and one of me, in the middle of the night
But the beating changed direction cause my Brother was around
(Chorus)
Oh where are you now? Got to find a way,
I've got to get to talk to you somehow
I need your love why did you have to leave,
I know you're somewhere looking out for me
(Verse)
Susan little sister, he went and took his life
We watched our Fathers heart torn out,
We watched him fall apart, Please forgive me now,
I forgave him now, twenty years we’d been apart.
(Chorus)
The circle has come round now and I’ve got my own little girl,
And if I ever lost her, I'd destroy my whole damned world
So Daddy though you hurt us, we know it wasn't from your heart,
not in the start. I’m glad we both forgave each other before you passed apart.
For Danny
Produced & Arranged by Dennis Genovese
Dennis Genovese
Double Lead Vocal//Electric & Acoustic Guitars/Bass
Alesis D-4 Drums/Keyboards
Feisal Kahn//Bass Guitar in Chorus
Recorded in a living room in Pt. Charlotte Fl April 2002
Cubase 5.0
Transferred to Cubase SX 2, Re-recorded and Re-mixed in 2005
In Oviedo Fl. Engineered & Mixed by Dennis Genovese
