I was a fighter always looking for trouble 
and my life was so empty 
there was nothing left to live for 
but then it happened one night 
as I got into a fight 
I could hear someone saying 
as though he was praying: “ah – 

Treat him well, he is your brother 
you might need his help one day 
we depend on one another 
love him that’s the only way 
on the road that we’re going 
we all need words of comfort and compassion 
treat him well, he is your brother 
love him that’s the only way” 

I was a woman never thinking of others 
and my life was so lonely 
didn’t care for anybody 
but then I happened to meet 
a begging man in the street 
as I turned down his praying 
I heard someone saying: “ah – 

Treat him well, he is your brother 
you might need his help one day 
we depend on one another 
love him that’s the only way 
on the road that we’re going 
we all need words of comfort and compassion 
treat him well, he is your brother 
love him that’s the only way”