You should have called me a brother
          You should have been real close
          But you knew I loved you brother
          Enough to take over your post
          
But you were asleep my brother
            I didn't mean you no harm
            You were asleep when they came through the wire
            And I couldn't reach the alarm
          I guess it's always with me
            I guess it will always be there
            When I step on the runway I always will see
            The boy with the thousand yard stare
          I wanna tell you brother
            I didn't want to be there
            It was my time for sleeping brother
            But I went and left you up there
          I guess it's always with me
            I guess it will always be there
            When I step on the runway I always will see
            The boy with the thousand yard stare
          You'll never leave me brother
            Though I watched them fly you back home
            I'm still in country brother
            I won't make the world on my own
          I guess it's always with me
            I guess it will always be there
            As I step on the runway I always will see
            The boy with the thousand yard stare
          I guess it's always with me
            I guess it will always be there
            As I step on the runway I always will see
            The boy with the thousand yard stare
          I guess it's always with me
            I guess it will always be there
            As I step on the runway I always will see
            The boy with the thousand yard stare