Sonny boy, you need new sneakers Better go into town and get then friday night Come to think of it, kid, you need just about everything But I think things are gonna be all right, Yes, I think things are gonna be all right. So you went and got yourself back into trouble Went and got yourself into another fight Come on here, let me see your eye, now its all black and swollen But I think youre gonna be all right Yes, I think that youre gonna be all right. I dont know why youre such a troublemaker Youd think that maybe by now youd see the light Getting yourself torn up, boy, and we dont have that much money But I think maybe things will be all right, Yes, I think maybe things will be all right. Now maybe I shouldnt yell cause I know youre just a kid But I cant always tell Whats on your mind, half of the time, brother mine. Now I know that youre just my little brother And I dont expect you to get everything just right But I think you ought to use a little more sense than what youre using And maybe then things would be all right, Yes, and maybe then thing would be all right. I know that I sit and I worry too much Especially when you come home such a sight But I guess what youve got to do, boy, you go ahead and do it And I sure hope thing will be all right, Yes, I sure hope things will be all right. Now you come back here, you scruffy little brother Come on back here and let me kiss you goodnight cause I know if you were gone Id miss the sound of laughter And thats gonna make everything all right, Yes, thats gonna make everything all right. (may 12, 1974)