[Verse 1] We've been brothers for a lifetime All of us the same last name And somewhere way beyond us Chad was with us just the same He was gone before we knew him One day old in sixty-two A name stitched in our mem'ries A silence we never outgrew But I swear when it got hardest Something pulled us from the edge A hand we did not recognize There when nothing else was left [Chorus] Brothers for a lifetime Stronger than the grave Brothers on the good days Brothers when it rains Chad went on before us Back in Nineteen sixty-two Three of us kept going But he's been with us too, yeah He is with us too [Verse 2] All those jokes across the table Nobody else can ever read Half a look across the room Is really all we need We've had our share of heartache, Time can wear the edges down We learned to heal with laughter Hold each other to the ground Someone keeps on lifting us Shows us a better way This brotherhood is sacred And we feel it every single day [Chorus] Brothers for a lifetime Stronger than the grave Brothers on the good days Brothers when it rains Chad went on before us Back in Nineteen sixty-two Three of us kept going But he's been with us too, yeah He is with us too [Bridge] There is one who said he'd be there Closer than a brother stands And I think I finally see it In the way this all still lands He's the thread that keeps us Keeps him woven through Long before we had the language He was walking with us too [Verse 3] Now we've all grown older And the road has taken shape He has lived there in God's presence Since his first breath slipped away Some nights feel a little shorter Some miles feel a little long One by one the years will lead us Where he's been all along And one by one we'll meet him When our own hard miles are done Held there by God Almighty Till the rest of us come home [Chorus] Brothers for a lifetime Stronger than the grave Brothers on the good days Brothers when it rains Chad went on before us Back in Nineteen sixty-two Three of us kept going But he's been with us too, yeah He is with us too [Outro] So here's to all four brothers Born out of the same ground One of us is waiting Till the rest of us come home Brothers for a lifetime Brothers for always [Outro Instrumental]
