My Brother Esau (Live at The Centrum, Worcester, MA, October 21, 1983)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My brother Esau killed a hunter Back in 1969 Before the killing was done His inheritance was mine But his birthright was a wand to wave Before a weary band Esau gave me sleeplessness And a piece of moral land [Verse 2] My father favored Esau Who was eager to obey All the wild commandments The Old Man shot his way But all this favor ended When my brother failed at war He staggered home And found me in the door [Chorus] Esau, he's on roller skates today So hе made a statement to somеone in L.A., hey Sometimes at night I dream He's still that hairy man Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land [Verse 3] Esau holds a blessing Esau holds a curse I would say that the blame is mine But I suspect it's something worse The more my brother looks like me The less I understand The silent war that bloodied both our hands Sometimes at night, I think I understand Way late at night, some think, I think I grasp it [Outro] So it's brother to brother and man to man now The silent war that rage within now Neither one can win now Shadowboxing the Apocalypse within now No one can win now Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land