A documentary on The Gypsy Songman has been released.
More on the movie here.
Dare Of An Angel
Why did we take the rough road
When the trolley road easily by
Why did we climb the high hill
When the valley lay safe at our side
Who sent us out in the twilight
To come back with a handful of words
Just a fashion, a future quotation
Which this desperate world so deserves
Perhaps it was just something foolish
For the dare of an angel at best
Just to chance the ghost of a poet
Whose own songs will never rest
Why did we drink the cold rain
With the soup so warm on the stove
Why did we wind up alone here
Singing melodies of love
We did it simply to do it
We did it to be tender yet tough
We did it for the beauty in the music
Isn’t that explanation enough
Perhaps it was just something foolish
For the dare of an angel at best
Just to chance the ghost of a poet
Whose own songs will never rest
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
- Jerry Jeff Walker
Going gray around the temples,
ReplyDeleteYou’ll see days when I won't shave.
Have a habit of trippin’ over ripples,
And watching them roll into waves.
I've been too long riding this range
Running wild, without reins
Always traveling against the grains
And pretty girls deserve better
But I'm too old to change.
And my old friend Dave once said, “Jerry Jeff will yodel at the drop of a hat.”