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