He was batman, I was robin And that bunk bed fort was our Gotham Those bad guys never stood a chance When mama turned the lights out He was Steve Young, I was Jerry Rice Won the Superbowl musta been a hundred times He'd always end it with a last second kick Over the clothesline, aw the crowd went wild Now there's miles between him and me But I swear we're closer than ever And when my phone rings I drop everything And we just talk about whatever Some days we were best friends Some days we couldn't stand each other Brothers Man my first ride on the school bus Bully didn't realize there were two of us But he sure sat down real quick When my brother stood up I guess he wasn't all that tough Now there's miles between him and me But I swear we're closer than ever And when my phone rings I drop everything And we just talk about whatever Some days we were best friends Some days we couldn't stand each other Brothers It's been almost a year since we were both here In this closed-on-sunday town Since they folded that flag to remember our dad And it hurts like hell to come around We laid down our hero And did our best to hold up mother Brothers Aww brothers