brother brother brother please forgive me your woman loves another and i fear that i am he we grew up in the same wood we fished the same pond if ever our lines tangled we'd cut 'em before dawn will you hold on to what is gone will you hold the rock when the river moves on mother mother mother sing a song to me my friends have all gone travelling and there's panic on tv you know i am your baby you've served my every need but i've got this feeling lately i've got to leave home to be free will you hold.... father father father don't you ever hold defeat let it slip right through your fingers when people spit it through their teeth i was created in your likeness and for that i'm blessed to be but its time to separate my own dreams for the ones you've pa**ed to me will you hold....