LITTLE BROTHER

This was the first song I ever finished, and the first song I started to write after learning G, C and D on the guitar. It was also the first song I ever performed live. I did it for everyone at our family reunion in 2004. I have very special memories about being the little brother, and these are just some of them.

On my brother’s favorite ball hat
All it said was “Hag”
And when he sang those songs to me
It always made me brag
Another had a floating house
And in the summer time I’d stay
A place that seemed like paradise
They called Serenity Bay

The other lived not far from me
And him I saw the most
I learned an awful lot from him
With the others on the coast

Chorus

And I love ‘em like no other
‘Cause they call me little brother
It’s always meant everything to me
Some friends come and go
And brothers don't you know
The best friends in my life are family

I remember when I was eight years old
It was the fall of ‘66
My sister paid my way for me
She bought me skates and hockey sticks
The next to me looked after me
The first time I tried to be cool
She took me home in her boyfriend’s car
And I wasn’t even out of school

Chorus

And I love ‘em like no other
‘Cause they call me little brother
It’s always meant everything to me
Some friends come and go
And sisters don't you know
The best friends in my life are family

Now the two that made this family whole
Well they left some time ago
They’re always in our hearts
They’re in our minds they’re in our souls

Chorus

And I love ‘em like to other
‘Cause they made me little brother
It’s always meant everything to me
Some friends come and go
And I want everyone to know
The best friends in my life are family

Words and music by Harley Carmen. Copyright © 2007 Harley Carmen (SOCAN).