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JOAN BAEZ lyrics : "Oh Brother"

You've got eyes like Jesus
But you speak with a viper's tongue
We were just sitting around on earth

Where the hell did you come from?
With your lady dressed in deerskin
And an amazing way about her

When are you going to realize
That you just can't live without her?


Take it easy
Take it light
But take it


Your lady gets her power
From the goddess and the stars

You get yours from the trees and the brooks
And a little from life on Mars
And I've known you for a good long while

And would you kindly tell me, mister
How in the name of the Father and the Son
Did I come to be your sister?


Take it easy
Take it light

But take it

You've done dirt to lifelong friends

With little or no excuses
Who endowed you with the crown
To hand out these abuses?

Your lady knows about these things
But they don't put her under
Me, I know about them, too

And I react like thunder

Take it easy

Take it light
But take it


I know you are surrounded
By parasites and sychophants
When I come to see you

I dose up on coagulants
Because when you hurl that bowie knife
It's going to be when my back is turned

Doing some little deed for you
And baby, will I get burned


Take it easy
Take it light
But take it


So little brother when you come
To knock on my door

I don't want to bring you down
But I just went through the floor
My love for you extends through life

And I don't want to waste it
But honey, what you've been dishing out
You'd never want to taste it

And if I had the nerve
To either risk it or to break it
I'd put our friendship on the line

And show you how to take it

Take it easy

Take it light
But take it




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