Terry Murphy: Music

What’s right for you my brother (Terry Murphy)

~A tale of two brothers choosing dissimilar paths and very different lives yet bonded by brotherhood and a keen sense of loyalty~

The older was the quarterback
The younger caught the ball
You can bet their sins were different
Inside confessionals
They both had wits about them
That came out differently
Each one on a mission
Bound by loyalty

One went to Chicago
And the university
He kept playin’ football
And studied economy
The younger to the barracks
Where hardness has its’ place
A boy becomes a man
With madness in his face

what’s right for you my brother
Just ain’t right for me
What works for you my brother
Just won’t work for me
The rules of life are different
When you make your own
If it works for you my brother
Let’s keep movin’ on
If it works for you my brother
Let’s keep movin’ on

They both became foot soldiers
and fought a different war
one took on a culture
one joined the marine corps
the older took a different path
to fight ignorance and greed
both took noble causes
both looking to succeed

they keep their daddy proud
and make their mamma cry
no questions of each other
no reason to ask why
one lives life by theory
the other plays by ear
but when they get together
each one buys a beer

and soon they’ll both be fathers
with a son to raise
in a quiet moment
they’ll think of younger days
and lessons to pass on
about how to find their way
they’ll probably ask each other
just what they should say..