He loved her back in 1961
He held her through the night
Till the dark was done
But he's been gone now for several years
Left her nothing but a letter to catch the tears
He might not know it but she had his son
Back in 1961
She raised the baby
And off to school he went
She had help from the neighbors
Along from the government
She tells herself that she did her best
Through out all the trials, they had been blessed
But she still longs to have her fun
Like in 1961, oh
He wakes up on a lonely stretch of road
And driving rigs for a living
Truckin' a heavy load
His thoughts drift back to another time
And a woman that he treated so unkind
And wonders just what her life's become
Since 1961
He lays there now upon his dying bed
Memories of lifetime's in his head
The nurse comes back, she says to him
"You have a visitor, should I let him in?"
And in walks a face that could only be his son
From 1961, oh, from 1961, yeah, 1961, oh yeah
I'm comin' home, oh, 1961, oh

On a road 90 miles too long
Someone don't want us together but
We just keep on walking cause we're one, we're one
I got a voice and you got a reason
For the glory we sing our broken song
Take a side and I'll take the other one
Two brothers under one nation
Wanna feel your love right now
Wanna see the night and feel the day
Ever try to touch somebody
90 miles away
But it won't be the same again
No, it won't be the same again
Yeah
Third brother, 1989
Got me through it, opened up the line
Stand tall, I'll follow you this time
We're all just waiting on a sign
Wanna feel your love right now
Wanna see the night and feel the day
Ever try to touch somebody
90 miles away
But it won't be the same again (you and I now, you and I)
No, it won't be the same again (to the ending, to the end)
I'll be with you until the end (you and I now, you and I)
But it won't be the same (won't be the same)
We're broken, we're battered
We're torn up and we're shattered
We turn back on each other
The moment that it mattered
The curtain is shaking
It's bending and it's breaking
And I'll be with you in the end (until the end)
But it won't be the same again (you and I now, you and I)
Can't go back to the way it was (to the ending, to the end)
I'll be with you until the end (you and I now, you and I)
But it won't be the same, won't be the same again.