Life On The Hill-It's Immaterial

Life On The Hill - It's Immaterial I know it's late But we could pass the time I could tell you a story Mine isn't your common or garden life Last Friday night, he just arrived Came out of the dark Barefaced and knocked on the door He seemed to have all his belongings on his back He just looked at me with a broad smile And said 'say hello to your new brother I haven't seen you in quite some time' Well, I said, 'come in, take a seat by the fire Put your feet out, let me take your coat You look cold like the depth of winter' That's when I saw the look in his eyes And he said Is that what money amounts to A house on the hill, ugly and new Is that what money amounts to A house on the hill hogging the view And I said 'hold on now, first of all There's no need for an outburst like that' And he apologized And put his hand deep in his pocket And brought out a photograph That he believed was evidence of us both Having the same mother I kind of gulped at first And then I had a second look Well, I said, 'yes, it definitely looks like her She was pretty in her younger days How is she now, I remember her leaving' And he just looked in some half-vacant gaze And said Is that what money amounts to A house on the hill, ugly and new Is that what money amounts to A house on the hill hogging the view Is that what money amounts to A house on the hill, ugly and new Is that what money amounts to Does all of this house belong to you That was his second outburst of the night We sat silent for a while And then he started to play the guitar Well, well, he wasn't really that good So I said 'now just calm down You're getting a little heated A bit red in the face' And he said 'how come I've not known Of your existence And how come you've got Such a wonderful place' Well, I looked at his clothes And I looked in his eyes Maybe his side of the family had fallen on some Hard times, and I said This is what money amounts to A house on the hill This is what money amounts to And it gives me a thrill My brother, brand new brother Hey, now, brother, what's your name Hey, brand new brother Tell me, what's your name Hey, now, brother Tell me, what's your name And then it suddenly occurred to me That maybe this new brother of mine Had never seen his father So I pulled out a picture Which I believed was evidence of us both Having the same father We laughed a little, he relaxed And we looked at each other And we both said 'snap' And we both said 'snap'