Day 21 A concert I went to

 

10/21/23 8:30 AM

Day 21

Think of the last party, music festival, or concert you went to where you had a good time. Write lyrics about your experience.

Rock On, Tom

It was just another cow town stop on a whirlwind tour

But you said you'd never been to a rock show before

We sat on the grass, and we dutifully smoked some as well

Like so many others we contributed to the smell

 

First band was so-so, I never much liked the Black Crows

You wanted to like them, but they only have two songs

We waited and waited, but they never played them

And that pissed you off all night long

 

The intermission a time of decision, do you think you can keep holding on?

The line for the bathroom seemed like a half a mile long

100 degrees, thank god for the fountain

You jumped in and got soaked to the bone

 

Finally, Tom Petty came on, an aging rock icon

A relic, barely propped up on the stage by the pills he was on

Rock and roll was here to stay, but sadly it wasn't too long

Before old Tom, like so many others before him, was gone

 

Ooh -- singing all our favorites songs

Ooh -- rockin' all night long

Oooh -- oooh yeah

Oooh -- yeah, yeah

Rock on, Tom

 

Driving home, got pulled over for crossing the fog line

Trying to avoid hitting the oncoming traffic head on

Cop was a cool one, let us go with a warning

I'm just tired, I said, and I thanked him for his concern

 

He smiled when we told him where we'd come from

He wished he'd been there, it sounded like his kind of fun

We got home, collapsed and wondered how those young kids do it

But that didn't stop us, and we were both glad we lived through it 

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A sloppy, simple memory exercise, I probably stole the meter from some Jethro Tull song. Kinda busy today, so, no time to go on and on.