The Lee Sankey Group Frank's Brother Lyrics

Any hope Frank's Brother had for that town had died the day the fridge magnet store opened. He'd packed and moved out into the woods where he could be alone.

Mikey asked if that was a top forty station he could just make out behind his brother's crackly voice. This worried him because Frank only listened to that kind of music when he was feeling wild. Frank asked if he could stay for a while. "You haven't burnt your house down again...have you Frank?" Frank asked if he could hear a bird in the background...

Frank's brother was annoyed to hear about the house fire. Not that he gave a d___ about the house or Frank's inept b_____ mary making wife, but he liked Carlos, and that was no way for a dog to die. Visually impaired or not. Mikey imagined the plastic iguana that his brother kept on his dashboard, next to the sock he used to demist his windows, grinning wickedly at his owner's rebellious lapse from reality.

Mikey's pet c___atoo squawked triumphantly as it knocked another mug off the draining board, one of his owner's favourites too. A souvenir from an old trip to Paris...Texas. Mikey had acquired what he would only refer to as 'the bird' after losing a bet to a woman called Melissa. He didn't like to talk about it as he and the c___atoo didn't get on. The china breaking was happening too regularly to be a coincidence and half of his collection had been smashed in what could only be described as an experiment by the c___atoo to conclusively prove that china cannot fly. Mikey had pleaded with the bird that this was already a well known fact but the c___atoo's commitment and passion remained undiminished. Mikey now suspected the bird was actually vindictive.

Sometimes he was certain he could see the bird smile as it surveyed the smashed china from its perch, hopping with wild excitement when his current owner stooped down to pick up the pieces. Perhaps he would set fire to his lost wager when it was on one of its regular excursions up the chimney. Although this was strictly against the terms of the bet.

"Well can I stay?" said Frank. Mikey explained that this was the last time he would help out his brother in this way. He put the phone down, lit the stove. Frank would be arriving at any moment.