I can’t come any further
With love we said goodbye
I wish I was beside you now,
But only angels fly
I remember Xmas
You wanted chocolate from the tree
You climbed up the piano
Then fell and hurt your knee
You ran away and left me
On the way to school
I was run down by a bicycle
Children are so cruel
We cycled up to Arnside
We saw the Langdale Pikes
We saw the sands of Morecambe Bay
How we loved our bikes
We didn’t go to Hazelslack
We didn’t have the time
We cherished the sweet memories
A holiday sublime
You asked me to come fishing
You hated being alone
I caught a fish and dropped it
Then we took the bus back home
Oh, brother dear, you lie alone
In the Covid Ward
I know you will be suffering
This hits me very hard
Even worse for your dear wife
She gave you children five
She’s cared for you for many years
Now she weeps from the outside
Nobody can see you now
Three months and a day
I once adored my brother
What else can I say?
