Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Allen Toussaint] We may seem happy like everything's alright But from the outside looking in everything's uptight But deep down inside we're covering up the pain It's an old thing, it's a soul thing, but it's a real thing [Chorus: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher] Pray tell what's gonna happen to brother Who's gonna to help him get further? One another One another [Verse 2: Allen Toussaint] There's old dude standing on the corner waiting for a fox to pass The only thing he's got to go by is this is where he saw her last And there's old John, two dollars in his pocket Talking loud and thinks he's rich And look the little fool, too cool to go to school Get a job, in two days he quits [Chorus: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Pray tell what's gonna happen to brother? Who's gonna help him get further? One another, is that the truth? One another, yeah you're right [Post-Chorus: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah [Trombone Solo] [Chorus: Allen Toussaint & Elvis Costello] Pray tell what's going to happen to brother? Who's going to help him get further? One another One another [Verse 3: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen, Elvis, & Davey] Mama get up early, early in the morning Papa's already gone (Gone, gone gone) Going out a-working for half of what he's worth now You know that's wrong What happened to the Liberty Bell I heard so much about? Did it really ding-dong? (Ding dong) It must have dinged wrong, it didn't ding long [Chorus: Allen Toussaint Elvis Costello & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Pray tell what's going to happen to brother? Who's going to help him get further? One another, is that the truth? One another, yeah you're right [Piano Solo] [Verse 3: Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint & Davey Faragher, Allen, Elvis, & Davey] Mama get up early, early in the morning Papa's already gone (Gone, gone gone) Working two jobs for half of what he's worth and You know that it's wrong What happened to the Liberty Bell I heard so much about? Did it really ding-dong? (Ding dong) It must have dinged wrong, it didn't ding long [Chorus: Allen Toussaint Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Pray tell what's going to happen to brother? Who's going to help him get further? One another, is that the truth? One another, yeah you're right [Chorus: Allen Toussaint Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Pray tell what's going to happen to brother? Who's going to help him get further? One another, is that the truth? One another, yeah you're right [Post-Chorus: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, & Davey Faragher, Allen Toussaint] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah [Outro: Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint & Davey Faragher] Did it really ding-dong? (Ding dong) It didn't ding long Did it really ding-dong? (Ding dong) It didn't ding long