Thursday 15 May 2014

Rock and Roll can save the world

       ROCK AND ROLL CAN SAVE THE WORLD
“ROCK AND ROLL CAN SAVE THE WORLD” THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID,
THAT’S WHAT  EVERYBODY SAID IN THE SIXTIES
BUT THIS WAS 2007
AND SHE WAS SIXTY.

I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE KEPT HER DREAMS
ALIVE FOR ALL THAT TIME
BUT IT MADE ME LOOK WITH SHAME
ON MINE THAT  I’D LET DIE

“MAYBE SHE’S JUST CLINGING TO THE ONLY THING SHE KNOWS”
I TRIED TO HIDE BEHIND CONDESCENDING THOUGHTS LIKE THESE
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK
FACT WAS I SHOULD HAVE CLUNG TO WHAT I KNEW.

FROM THAT SQUIRMING PLACE OF SHAME
CAME A TURNING ROUND INTO A NEW NAIVETY  NATIVITY
ONE THAT BELIEVES IN DREAMS SAVING THE WORLD
AND IS GRATEFUL FOR GOD’S CUTTING WORD
COMING, AS IT DID, FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH PATTY SMITH*

                                                                                                            WILF 2009

      * Band leader ,songwriter poet In case you don't know                                                                                                 

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