Broken Board - Stephen & the Strangers

Two brothers torn apart

One hurt his head and the other hurt his heart

A story false and also true

Pacific Ocean Blue

He’s singing lead and he harmonizes

He forgets the words that he memorizes

He’s singing lead---still---out

They’re picking up what you’re sending off

Your face is hard but the words you sing are soft

Hitchiking girls and a songsmith, too

There’s no way you knew

Little bird, do you play the drums?

Can you hit this beat, while our cousin hums?

He’s singing lead---still---out

Step by step he’s been climbing up

He’s in a bed of sand with an empty cup

His hair is long and his board is broken

Every word he wrote was left unspoken

One brother shakes his head

«The things you do are never what you said.»

Oklahoma will have to do

And California, too

He plays the bass with a rhythm first

The notes don’t matter if the beat is worst

He’s singing lead---still---out