Michael

November eight, nineteen seventy-six, in Ozark we were born

Two twins brought into the world on a beautiful fall morn

Michael, you were always moving, the light in every room

You’d give away your very last to chase away the gloom

So smart, so sweet and funny, making sure that we were fine

Nothing ever kept you down, you always found a way to shine

You will always be my forever twin

A love that doesn't end where the heavens begin

I still hear the phone ring at eleven oh eight

Wishing me a happy birthday, never a minute late

Lord, I thank You for the brother that You gave to me

My forever twin for all eternity

I look back at Thanksgiving of twenty twenty-one

You made us take those pictures, wouldn't quit until it's done

And I still see you on the field, the fastest on the run

Four years straight, the starting player, wearing number twenty-one

You were the life of the party, always on the go

With the kindest, brightest spirit that this world will ever know

You will always be my forever twin

A love that doesn't end where the heavens begin

I still hear the phone ring at eleven oh eight

Wishing me a happy birthday, never a minute late

Lord, I thank You for the brother that You gave to me

My forever twin for all eternity

The day you went to the hospital, it broke my heavy heart

I saw you that last Saturday, I didn't think we'd part

Mama said she'd stay the weekend, keep you in her sight

I was coming on that Monday to make sure you were alright

But my Monday never came, and I didn't get to say

"I love you" one more time before the angels made a way

But you will always be my forever twin

A love that doesn't end where the heavens begin

I’ll keep waiting for that call at eleven oh eight

I know you're smiling down on me from heaven's golden gate

Lord, I thank You for the brother that You gave to me

Michael, you're my forever twin for all eternity