The Only Child

[00:00.97] Boy of mine
[00:03.89] As your fortune comes to carry you down the line
[00:09.70] And you watch as the changes unfold
[00:17.41] And you sort among the stories you've been told
[00:25.82] If some pieces of the picture are hard to find
[00:33.02] And the answers to your questions are hard to hold
[00:41.40] Take good care of your mother
[00:46.79] When you're making up your mind
[00:50.06] Should one thing or another take you from behind
[00:57.66] Though the world may make you hard and wild
[01:01.84] And determine how your life is styled
[01:05.91] When you've come to feel that you're the only child
[01:12.37] Take good care of your brother
[01:22.41] Let the disappointments pass
[01:25.62] Let the laughter fill your glass
[01:28.94] Let your illusions last until they shatter
[01:36.94] Whatever you might hope to find
[01:40.41] Among the thoughts that crowd your mind
[01:43.95] There won't be many that ever really matter
[01:51.38] But take good care of your mother
[01:55.53] And remember to be kind
[01:59.06] When the pain of another will serve you to remind
[02:05.45] That there are those who feel themselves exiled
[02:10.29] On whom the fortune never smiled
[02:14.02] And upon whose life the heartache has been piled
[02:20.96] They're just looking for another
[02:25.37] Lonely child
[02:46.55] And when you've found another soul
[02:49.96] Who sees into your own
[02:55.00] Take good care of each other
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