Long Lost Brother Lyrics - Over The Rhine

I thought that we'd be further along by now 

I can't remember how 

We stumbled to this place 

I loved you like a long lost brother 

On a bad day maybe I thought, why bother 

I've seldom seen so much anger in a face 

I wanna do better 

I wanna try harder 

I wanna believe down to the letter 

Jesus and Mary 

Can you carry us across this ocean 

Into the arms of forgiveness? 

I don't mean to laugh out loud 

I'm trying to come clean, trying to shed my doubt 

Maybe I should just keep my big mouth shut 

More often than not when it comes to you 

You want whatever's not in front of you 

Deep down I know this includes me too 

I wanna do better 

I wanna try harder 

I wanna believe down to the letter 

Jesus and Mary 

Can you carry us across this ocean 

Into the arms of forgiveness? 

So tell me your troubles, let your pain rain down 

I know my job, I've been around 

I invest in the mess, I'm a low cost dumping ground 

Trouble is I'm so exhausted 

The plot, you see, I think I've lost it 

I need the grace to find what can't be found 

I wanna do better 

I wanna try harder 

I wanna believe down to the letter 

Jesus and Mary 

Can you carry us across this ocean 

Into the arms of forgiveness? 

Jesus and Mary 

Come and carry us across this ocean 

Into the arms of forgiveness