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Fight the Good Fight

from Have Issues by The Brothers Restaino

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lyrics

Young Stan, he's a family man, kisses his wife and kids goodbye
Then he grabs a brown-bag lunch and works the nine-to-five
You can tell he's a bitter man 'cause he knows his wife's untrue
Young Stan's got a different plan--this is what he'll do:

He's gonna fight the good fight, baby
Although he may lose
Fight the good fight, baby
He won't apologize and he won't chose
He'll never move

John and Jane got the gloves on again--that's just how they live
It's up to them on how and when what is gonna give
With four kids in a rental house and she's the one that works
And when Jane, she gets home, she's the one that works

She's gonna fight the good fight, baby
Knows she's gonna win
She knows she's gonna win
She'll fight the good fight, baby
'Cause everything she does it's all for them
Not so much for him

Rosalie, Mike, Matt, and T., they were all lovers for a while
Not together, birds of a feather--gotta say it with a smile
Rosalie and Mike went off to find themselves, I guess
Matt and T. what they wanna be, nothing but the best

They're gonna fight the good fight, baby
Try and try they will
Fight the good fight, baby
Although they might make it better still
with their own free will

Old Clay lost his wife yesterday while the kids and dogs looked on
Tried as she might, it was too long a fight,
and her body gave out and she's gone
For days and days they prayed and prayed and
hoped she could lay at rest
You could see in his eyes all her pain now resides
right in the middle of his chest

He's gonna fight the good fight, baby
and he may never win
He'll fight the good fight, baby
We're all born into sin
Fight the good fight, baby
He knows that he may lose
Fight the good fight, baby
He won't apologize and he won't choose

credits

from Have Issues, released December 21, 2013
Written by S.M. Restaino
© 2013 Sebella Music / ASCAP

Steve: drums, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, lead vocals
Rich: bass, piano, electric guitar, synth

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The Brothers Restaino Austin, Texas

The Brothers Restaino grew up playing music together but had never made original music together--until now. Older brother Stephen and younger brother Rich mine traditional American music to make songs about struggling to follow our better natures in a world that often asks for our worst. ... more

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