Gather 'Round

Hey, all you silly people out there. Today is the 55th Anniversary of the opening of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair.

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

ReneeT · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues He never considered himself a poet, but he was definitely for the times

ElwoodBlues · M

@ReneeT I think sometimes he saw himself as a poet; he renamed himself after Dylan Thomas. And I recall this sardonic bit from I Shall Be Free #10

Now they asked me to read a poem
At the sorority sisters’ home
I got knocked down and my head was swimmin’
I wound up with the Dean of Women
Yippee! I’m a poet, and I know it
Hope I don’t blow it

ReneeT · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues I did know about his changing names from Zimmerman. I was always impressed with his playful use of way he wrote some of his earlier songs. Subterranean Homesick Blues was always one of my favorites