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"He Was My Brother" lyrics

Paul Simon Lyrics

"He Was My Brother"

He was my brother
Five years older than I
He was my brother
Twenty-three years old the day he died

Freedom rider
They cursed my brother to his face
"Go home, outsider
Mississippi's gonna be your burying place."

He was singing on his knees
An angry mob trailed along
They shot my brother dead
Because he hated what was wrong

He was my brother
Tears can't bring him back to me
He, he was my brother
And he died so his brothers could be free (Oh, died)
He died so his brothers could be free


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album: "The Paul Simon Songbook" (1965)
Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Songbook album cover
I Am A Rock
Leaves That Are Green
A Church Is Burning
April Come She Will
The Sound Of Silence
A Most Peculiar Man
He Was My Brother
Kathy's Song
The Side Of A Hill
A Simple Desultory Philippic
Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
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