Friday, September 22, 2006
This is my song, baby
And I'm gonna sing it out loud
maybe off tune from time to time
and I may let you join in with your harmony
you can lip sync or let it ring
the choice is yours
this is my song, baby
i was born to a moonshot
and two shots that rang 'round this little world
jfk and martin luther
you both died before you could teach me
but you each get a verse
or maybe on to a chorus or refrain
this is my song baby
when i wore army jackets in the seventies
and you, my brothers were at the war
fought a long, long, long way away
and you came back all melancholy and messed up
but we went to beech bend and saw the car races
and collected the empty steel beercans 'neath the bleachers
this is my song baby,
your mother fed me dinner and gave me hugs and advice
and we built our skateboards and fixed up our bikes
and played our older brothers' records on Realistic stereos
black sabbath, yes, jeff beck and the rolling stones
were our soundtrack as we crashed in the streets and bummed our knees
this is my song, baby,
and you can sing your own
and mine may harmonize with yours
where our parents were shared
and our families were one
this is my song, baby,
I went to Florida and Cave In Rock and California
and I camped in the cool Wisconsin Fall weather
all the airstreams had their lamplights out in the night
and we ran from camper to camper cause we were all One
and in the day, we dove in the cold clear waters
and got free icecreams from your sister at her stand
and then iceskated at the town center rink
this is my song, baby
I saw the New Mexico sky and the Arizona Desert
and that huge meteor crater out in the middle of nowhere
and I drank it all in to my little body and was big with the pleasure
I was on Pacific Coast Highway when the mudslides careered houses
through the cars and we waited in traffic for hours,
me skateboarding serpentine through the opened doors
this is my song, baby
and the tune is still playing
it just goes on and on
sometimes a happy melody
sometimes the saddest refrain,
and i'll keep singing it 'till the day i die.
And I'm gonna sing it out loud
maybe off tune from time to time
and I may let you join in with your harmony
you can lip sync or let it ring
the choice is yours
this is my song, baby
i was born to a moonshot
and two shots that rang 'round this little world
jfk and martin luther
you both died before you could teach me
but you each get a verse
or maybe on to a chorus or refrain
this is my song baby
when i wore army jackets in the seventies
and you, my brothers were at the war
fought a long, long, long way away
and you came back all melancholy and messed up
but we went to beech bend and saw the car races
and collected the empty steel beercans 'neath the bleachers
this is my song baby,
your mother fed me dinner and gave me hugs and advice
and we built our skateboards and fixed up our bikes
and played our older brothers' records on Realistic stereos
black sabbath, yes, jeff beck and the rolling stones
were our soundtrack as we crashed in the streets and bummed our knees
this is my song, baby,
and you can sing your own
and mine may harmonize with yours
where our parents were shared
and our families were one
this is my song, baby,
I went to Florida and Cave In Rock and California
and I camped in the cool Wisconsin Fall weather
all the airstreams had their lamplights out in the night
and we ran from camper to camper cause we were all One
and in the day, we dove in the cold clear waters
and got free icecreams from your sister at her stand
and then iceskated at the town center rink
this is my song, baby
I saw the New Mexico sky and the Arizona Desert
and that huge meteor crater out in the middle of nowhere
and I drank it all in to my little body and was big with the pleasure
I was on Pacific Coast Highway when the mudslides careered houses
through the cars and we waited in traffic for hours,
me skateboarding serpentine through the opened doors
this is my song, baby
and the tune is still playing
it just goes on and on
sometimes a happy melody
sometimes the saddest refrain,
and i'll keep singing it 'till the day i die.
