Big Little Brother

Long & Winding Road Sunshine & Lollypops Fields of Cotton A More Congenial Spot Strawberry Fields Second Star to the Right Stormy Weather Age of Aquarius Yellow Brick Road No "I" in Team Big Little Brother I, Me, Mine Empire in My Mind Little Princes Mother & Daddy Rebel Yell Damn Yankees Aunts, Uncles & Cousins

Fireflies inside of a mason jar.
Acting big behind the wheel of daddy's car.
Playing church around the old piano stand,
You were quite a preacher and oh, we sang so grand.
I remember every night what we would say and do:
"If you've forgiven me, then I've forgiven you."
And now when life begins to get the best of me,
I reminisce these childhood memories.
Dement Iris "Childhood Memories"

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

Rufus Wainwright "He Ain't Heavy"

Soldier boy
Oh, my little soldier boy
I'll be true to you...
Shirelles "Soldier Boy"

Charles and Carolina - North Carolina, about 1979
Charles and Carolina - Oakland Airport, about 1987
 

Way over yonder is a place that I know
Where I can find shelter from hunger and cold
And the sweet tasting good life is easily found
Way over yonder - that's where I'm bound
Carol King "Way Over Yonder"

Charles & Cliff, about 1997

Charles & Cliff, December 2006