Saturday, 28 December 2013

You will set the world on fire

Somewhere in Shoreditch, 26.05.2013 





Midnight in the Village
Seeger lights the candles
From Bitter End to Gaslight
Baez leaves the stage
Ochs takes notes
When the black girl and guitar
Burn together hot in rage
You’ve got what it takes 

You say too much
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
 

Kennedy would kill
For the lines that you’ve written
Van Ronk says to Bobby
She’s the next real thing
Crouched in the half light
Screaming like a banshee
You’re in the boat, babe
We’re in the water
You say too much
 

You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire



2 comments:

Unknown said...

Ageless, magnificent, pioneer, star, unique, invincible, legend, myth....and so many more endless attributes and qualities that David Bowie possesses....

Aris in Wonderland said...

Well, you have said it all, and rightly so!

The only thing that I can think of adding is that he has never seized to surprise us; no one expected such an incredible comeback...