Brother My Cup Is Empty Lyrics

Brother My Cup Is Empty lyrics

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 Brother, My Cup Is Empty



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 Brother, my cup is empty



 And I haven't got a penny



 For to buy no more whiskey



 I have to go home



 



 



 I am the captain of my pain



 Tis the bit, the bridle,



 The trashing cane



 The stirrup, the harness



 The whipping mane



 The pickled eye



 The shrinking brain



 O brother, buy me one more drink



 I'll explain the nature of my pain



 Yes, let me tell you once again



 I am the captain of my pain



 



 



 O brother, my cup is empty



 And I haven't got a penny



 For to buy no more whiskey



 I have to go home



 



 



 I cannot blame it all on her



 To blame her all would be a lie



 For many a night I lay awake



 And wished that I could watch her die



 To see her accusing finger spurt



 To see flies swarm her hateful eye



 To watch her groaning in the dirt



 To see her clicking tongue crack dry



 O brother, buy me one more drink



 One more drink and then goodbye



 And do not mock me when I say



 Let's drink one more before I die



 



 



 O brother, my cup is empty



 And I haven't got a penny



 For to buy no more whiskey



 I have to go home



 



 



 Well I've been sliding down on rainbows



 Well I've been swinging from the stars



 Now this wretch in beggars clothing



 Bangs his cup across the bars



 Look, this cup of mine is empty!



 Seems I've misplaced my desires



 Seems I'm sweeping up the ashes



 Of all my former fires



 So brother, be a brother



 And fill this tiny cup of mine



 And please, sir, make it whiskey



 For I have no head for wine



 



 



 O brother, my cup is empty



 And I haven't got a penny



 For to buy no more whiskey



 I have to go home



 



 



 I counted up my blessings



 And counted only one



 One tiny little blessing



 And now that blessings gone



 So buy me one more drink, my brother



 Then I'm taking to the road



 Yes, I'm taking to the rain



 I'm taking to the snow



 O my friend, my only brother



 Do not let the party grieve



 So throw a dollar onto the bar



 Now kiss my ass and leave



 



 



 O brother, my cup is empty



 And I haven't got a penny



 For to buy no more whiskey



 I have to go home