Bruce Springsteen (who I do not care for, but this is a good song)
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number 8
I always done an honest job, as honest as I could
I got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
I get a call on the shortwave, Franky's in trouble downtown
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria, as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's fallin', like any brother would
A man turns his back on his family, well he just ain't no good
Franky went in the army back in 1965
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we were gettin' robbed
Franky came home in `68, and me, I took this job
Yea we're laughin' and drinkin'
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria, as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's strayin', teach him how to walk that line
A man turns his back on his family, he ain't no friend of mine
Well the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad, bleedin' hard from his head
Well I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow Bank
I seen a Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads till a sign said "Canadian Border 5 Miles" from here
I pulled over on the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'
Nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria, as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
A man turns his back on his family, well he just ain't no good