Like a Sister

A man bids his love farewell.

©Copyright 2022 by Johnny Bronze
Performed by Johnny, Ben, and Bobby Bronze

1. Everyone's gone now, it's just you and me.
My heart is full, and now, my mind is free.
So sit on down and talk with me beneath this maple tree.
I guess I'll say it now, I sure have thought it over enough
My darling, I allow that what I feel for you is love.

[R] I want to love you like a wife.
I want to take you to the church and get ourselves a life,
But baby, now I'm telling you, I have got to leave you.
I can't follow through.
I'll have to love you like a sister.

2. When the letter came, I was sitting on the front porch, when the night was still.
I read the news and I thought of you as the moon shone over the hill.
My father's sick, he's got a family, and now I've got his place to fill.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
But time and distance leave a mark.
Still, while I'm over yonder, our love can still shine through the dark.

[R] I want to love you like a wife.
I want to take you to the church and get ourselves a life,
But baby, now I'm telling you, I have got to leave you.
I can't follow through.
I'll have to love you like a sister.
...Love you like a sister.