The Only Child Lyrics - Jackson Browne

Boy of mine 

As your fortune comes to carry you down the line 

And you watch as the changes unfold 

And you sort among the stories you've been told 

If some pieces of the picture are hard to find 

And the answers to your questions are hard to hold 

Take good care of your mother 

When you're making up your mind 

Should one thing or another take you from behind 

Though the world may make you hard and wild 

And determine how your life is styled 

When you've come to feel that you're the only child 

Take good care of your brother 

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Let the disappointments pass 

Let the laughter fill your glass 

Let your illusions last until they shatter 

Whatever you might hope to find 

Among the thoughts that crowd your mind 

There won't be many that ever really matter 

Photos 

But take good care of your mother 

And remember to be kind 

When the pain of another will serve you to remind 

That there are those who feel themselves exiled 

On whom the fortune never smiled 

And upon whose life the heartache has been piled 

They're just looking for another 

Lonely child 

And when you've found another soul 

Who sees into your own 

Take good care of each other