THIS ONE GOES OUT TO RON


the day before his birthday.

A little tune that reminds me of summer nights with the windows down and the volume up, of Pennsylvania Turnpike drives and Berkshire Mall walks and Mann Music Center concerts, of games and movies and miniature golf, of lawnmowers and stone donuts and not-so-subtle subtlety, of Dunkball and street hockey and Friendly's and Chi-Chi's and a thousand other memories you make in your teens and twenties that, like a truly great song or artist or friendship, grow richer and stronger with every rocking, rolling year gone by...


HEY HEY, MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye
Hey hey, my my

Out of the blue and into the black
You pay for this, but they give you that
And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black.

The king is gone, but he's not forgotten
Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?
It's better to burn out, 'cause rust never sleeps
The king is gone, but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.

Posted: Thu - July 3, 2008 at 03:57 PM          

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