ME AND THEM BROTHERS OF MINE
(Tommy Jennings)


Waylon Jennings - 1986



You can't say you've had a head start
When you start off from Austin Avenue
Just a dirt road leadin' nowhere
Ain't a whole lot to be lookin' forward to
You could say that it affected
In some ways perfected our minds
'Cause we're all doin' pretty good
Me and them brothers of mine

Hustlin' freight on a loadin' dock
Don't hold no special place here in my mind
From the cotton fields to oil fields
Workin' any old dirty job that we could find
You can wash and you can polish, hoss
They're ain't no way to make West Texas shine
But we all came through like lead dogs
Me and them brothers of mine

When that fickle fingered fate
Puts her finger in your face
Every step you take is an uphill climb
We're all rough and we all fine
We all love and we're alright
Me and them brothers of mine

(Instrumental Break)

When that fickle fingered fate
Puts her finger in your face
Every step you take is an uphill climb
We're all rough and we all fine
We all love and we're alright
Me and them brothers of mine
Tom and James and Bo Jennings
I love them brothers of mine



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2019)