DESCRIPTION:
I know this name & song title sounds like something from a death-metal group, but it's actually deeply personal & cathartic song from Sam Llanas of the BoDeans.

Lyrics:
i had a brother
his name was tomas
his friends called hime "tamato" instead
he could be funny
he had charisma
he was a little like a lotta little men of old
woe-o-woe-o-woe

he liked to party
he liked to skip school
he was no stranger to the wrong side of the law
maybe it's hard when you're second of seven
maybe he listened to some voices that would call
ohh
woe-o-woe-o-woe

one time he told me
out in the backyard
we were shooting hoops and shooting the sass
"Sammy you're smart, you got a good soul
so if you blow it, i'm gonna kick your ass!"
ohh
woe-o-woe-o-woe

took the car and ran away
for 30 days, god it floored my head.
woe
woe-o-woe-o-woe
woe

tonight it feels like such a waste
i can barely recall his face
woe
woe-o-woe-o-woe

and then one morning i woke up early
i could hear somebody cry
it was my mother, my broken mother
and i could tell from the look in her eyes
yes they had found him, i was gonna be sad then
not even 20 and we still wonder why
he left a note but it didn't say much
i just hope it was a good day to die

it was good day
was a good day
was a good day to die ohhh

was a good day
i hope it was a good day
was a good day to die ohhh

woe-o-woe-o-woe
woe



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