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Brothers In Arms Again

from Think Positive! by The Whisky Priests

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Please note, this song is most definitely not about twin brothers Gary & Glenn of the band and even more definitely not a sequel to the Dire Straits song!

One of the oldest of the original songs on the album and one of only five of the thirteen to be performed live in concert by the band prior to the recording session. The chorus was written several years ago and the verses added at a later date.

This one is about two people. The 'first person' is the worker and creator, while the 'third person' is the talentless waster and user who sits back and rides on the success and hard work of the other for his own selfish ends. Yet it is the hard-working, talented one of the two who will ultimately succeed and become the victor, defeating all the odds, while the other fades into obscurity. (A moralistic parable?! - judge for yourselves!).

(Taken from The Whisky Priests April 1998 Newsletter)

lyrics

BROTHERS IN ARMS AGAIN

You came to me with cap in hand
While kid gloves were on mine
I worked all the hours God sent me
While you wasted my time
But my best was never good enough for you
I could never do right for doing wrong
And now you want me to apologise
For all the bad things that you've done

When one man digs for buried treasure
There's always another man standing close by
Waiting to step in to take the glory
Waiting to pluck out the other man's eyes
Its a fact of life those who stand idle
May find success when it isn't even theirs
While those who break their guts
And hearts while others profit
Find life doesn't always deal fair shares

So hold those feelings close to your heart
Keep those devils in
For when the saints go marching in
Who will count your sins
Or bang the bitter aching drum
You've hammered on in vain
While I must hang my head in shame
Until we are brothers in arms again

Some people might say that I'm bitter
To them I say "What do you know?"
I only know I'm feeling tired now
I only know I'm growing old
From propping up the deep dark tunnels
Of your crumbling mind
But 'though my mental back is broken
Mine will heal in time

So hold those feelings close to your heart
Keep those devils in
For when the saints go marching in
Who will count your sins
Or bang the bitter aching drum
You've hammered on in vain
While I must hang my head in shame
Until we are brothers in arms again

Until we are brothers in arms again
Until we are brothers in arms again

(Gary Miller)

Copyright © 1998 Gary Miller / Whippet Records

credits

from Think Positive!, released May 1, 1998
Gary Miller - vocals, acoustic guitar
Glenn Miller - accordion, piano
Hugh Bradley - electric guitar, backing vocals
Andy Tong - bass guitar, 12-string guitar, backing vocals
Cozy Dixon - drums
Chuck Fleming - fiddle

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Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with his twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of Folk Music". He now performs as a solo artist and with his new band 'Gary Miller's Big Picture' whose debut album is coming soon. ... more

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