Lyrics

[Verse 1] My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville Barracks number eight I always done an honest job As honest as I could I got a brother named Frankie Frankie ain't no good [Verse 2] Now ever since we was young kids It's been the same come down I get a call on the shortwave Frankie's in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man I'd put him straight away When it's your brother Sometimes you look the other way [Chorus] Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' Nothing feels bеtter than blood on blood Taking turns dancin' with Maria As the band played "Night of thе Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Like any brother would Man turns his back on his family He just ain't no good [Verse 3] Frankie went in the army Back in 1965 I got a farm deferment Settled down, took Maria for my wife Them wheat prices, they kept on dropping 'Til it was like we were getting robbed Frankie came home in '68 And me, I took this job [Chorus] Yeah, we're laughin' and drinkin' Nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancin' with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Teach him how to walk that line Man turns his back on his family He ain't no friend of mine [Verse 4] Well, the night was like any other I got a call 'bout quarter to 9 There was trouble in a roadhouse Out on the Michigan line Was a kid lyin' on the floor, lookin' bad Bleedin' hard from his head Was a girl cryin' at a table And it was Frank, they said [Verse 5] Well, I went out and I jumped in my car And then I hit the lights Well, I must've done a hundred and ten Through Michigan County that night It was out at the crossroads Down 'round Willow Bank Seen a Buick with Ohio plates Behind the wheel was Frank Well, I chased him through them county roads 'Til a sign said "Canadian border five miles from here" Pulled over on the side of the highway And watched his tail lights disappear [Chorus] Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' Nothing feels better than blood on blood Taking turns dancin' with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Like any brother would Man turns his back on his family He just ain't no good