Lyrics to
Brother, Brother

This version of Brother, Brother was released by Carole King in 1971.

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Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you’ve been layin’ back a long time
But I love you like no other
Oh, brother of mine

I’ve been watching everything you do
And I’ve been wishing only good for you
All you’ve got to do is just to want it to
And it’s gonna come – it’s gonna come to you

Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you’ve been hangin’ on a long time
But I love you like no other
Oh, brother of mine

You have always been so good to me
And though you didn’t always talk to me
There wasn’t much my lovin’ eyes could not see
And I don’t believe you need all your misery

Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you’ve been hangin’ on a long time
You know I love you like no other
Oh, brother, brother, brother
Talkin’ about you, brother

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides Brother, Brother. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and Brother, Brother by Carole King

The lyrics to Brother, Brother are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Carole King used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Brother, Brother have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Carole King and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Brother, Brother by Carole King. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Brother, Brother" means the words set to the music of Brother, Brother, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Brother, Brother and the lyrics to Brother, Brother are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Brother, Brother, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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