That Brother Starving

Yeah

They been tellin' me the blues was gone

But then I seen them comments

Y'all sound hungry

Ha

That brother starving

Everybody scrollin', lookin' for a feelin'

Music sound good but it ain't quite healin'

Everything fast, nobody slowin' down

Hearts talk quiet, but we drown 'em out with sound

Then we dropped a little groove, little truth, little grace

And I saw tears show up in a grown man's face

He said, "Blues Man, you brought me back home"

I said, "Naw, brother, your heart just remembered its song"

That brother starving, feed him soul

That sister starving, give her something real to hold

They tired of noise, they want something that heal

So we cookin' up the blues like a home-cooked meal

Yeah, that brother starving

See, they told y'all the blues was old and done

But real hurt, real love, that's every one

Grandma's hums, porch lights, late-night calls

That ain't the past, that's still in our walls

So when the beat got warm and the story got true

I heard folks shout from Tallulah to Baton Rouge

"Lord, I ain't felt like this since way back when"

Yeah, pull up a plate, we eatin' again

That brother starving, feed him soul

That sister starving, give her something real to hold

They tired of noise, they want something that heal

So we cookin' up the blues like a home-cooked meal

Yeah, that brother starving

We didn't bring the blues back

The blues ain't never left

We just listened long enough

To hear it again

That brother starving, so we feed him soul

That sister starving, let the healing roll

They tired of noise, it was just waiting at the table

That brother starving, yeah yeah

That brother starving, soul

That sister starving, let the healing roll

The blues ain't gone, it was just waiting at the table

Yeah, let's eat