Brother Ray they say you're gone   now maybe you can see   my head rolling...my feet tapping   what you've done to fools like me   love in my heart but the sin on my soul   don't stop running until I'm told   I tell you I'm scared of getting old   Brother Ray they say you're gone      Brother Ray they say you're gone   falling down it ain't no crime   I'm just a white boy from northern PA   how you singing what's on my mind?   watched your brother die   watched your country lie   then they closed your eyes   Brother Ray they say you're gone      Brother Ray they say you're gone   we won't see your likes no more   big band gospel blues jazz rock and soul   everybody welcome on the dance floor   some may pause to pray   I got another way   I'm gonna sit here and play   Brother Ray they say you're gone