Absinthe - A Good Day to Die (1998) video free download

I know this name & song title sounds like something from a death-metal group, but it's actually deeply personal & cathartic song from Sam Llanas of the BoDeans.

Lyrics:

i had a brother

his name was tomas

his friends called hime "tamato" instead

he could be funny

he had charisma

he was a little like a lotta little men of old

woe-o-woe-o-woe

he liked to party

he liked to skip school

he was no stranger to the wrong side of the law

maybe it's hard when you're second of seven

maybe he listened to some voices that would call

ohh

woe-o-woe-o-woe

one time he told me

out in the backyard

we were shooting hoops and shooting the sass

"Sammy you're smart, you got a good soul

so if you blow it, i'm gonna kick your ass!"

ohh

woe-o-woe-o-woe

took the car and ran away

for 30 days, god it floored my head.

woe

woe-o-woe-o-woe

woe

tonight it feels like such a waste

i can barely recall his face

woe

woe-o-woe-o-woe

and then one morning i woke up early

i could hear somebody cry

it was my mother, my broken mother

and i could tell from the look in her eyes

yes they had found him, i was gonna be sad then

not even 20 and we still wonder why

he left a note but it didn't say much

i just hope it was a good day to die

it was good day

was a good day

was a good day to die ohhh

was a good day

i hope it was a good day

was a good day to die ohhh

woe-o-woe-o-woe

woe

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