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I know it’s late

But we could pass the time

I could tell you a story

Mine isn’t your common or garden life

Last Friday night, he just arrived

Came out of the dark

Barefaced and knocked on the door

He seemed to have all his belongings on his back

He just looked at me with a broad smile

And said 'say hello to your new brother

I haven’t seen you in quite some time'

Well, I said, 'come in, take a seat by the fire

Put your feet out, let me take your coat

You look cold like the depth of winter'

That’s when I saw the look in his eyes

And he said

Is that what money amounts to

A house on the hill, ugly and new

Is that what money amounts to

A house on the hill hogging the view

And I said 'hold on now, first of all

There’s no need for an outburst like that'

And he apologized

And put his hand deep in his pocket

And brought out a photograph

That he believed was evidence of us both

Having the same mother

I kind of gulped at first

And then I had a second look

Well, I said, 'yes, it definitely looks like her

She was pretty in her younger days

How is she now, I remember her leaving'

And he just looked in some half-vacant gaze

And said

Is that what money amounts to

A house on the hill, ugly and new

Is that what money amounts to

A house on the hill hogging the view

Is that what money amounts to

A house on the hill, ugly and new

Is that what money amounts to

Does all of this house belong to you

That was his second outburst of the night

We sat silent for a while

And then he started to play the guitar

Well, well, he wasn’t really that good

So I said 'now just calm down

You’re getting a little heated

A bit red in the face'

And he said 'how come I’ve not known

Of your existence

And how come you’ve got

Such a wonderful place'

Well, I looked at his clothes

And I looked in his eyes

Maybe his side of the family had fallen on some

Hard times, and I said

This is what money amounts to

A house on the hill

This is what money amounts to

And it gives me a thrill

My brother, brand new brother

Hey, now, brother, what’s your name

Hey, brand new brother

Tell me, what’s your name

Hey, now, brother

Tell me, what’s your name

And then it suddenly occurred to me

That maybe this new brother of mine

Had never seen his father

So I pulled out a picture

Which I believed was evidence of us both

Having the same father

We laughed a little, he relaxed

And we looked at each other

And we both said 'snap'

And we both said 'snap'

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