Tuesday 11 July 2023

Tuesday Poem (Song): "River" by Natalie Merchant


Young and strong Hollywood sonIn the early morning lightThis star fell downOn Sunset Boulevard
Young and strong beautiful oneThat we embrace so close, is goneWas torn away
Let the youth of America mournInclude him in their prayersLet his image linger onRepeat it everywhere
With candles and flowersHe was one of oursOne of ours
Why don't you let him be?He's goneWe knowGive his mother and his father peaceYour vulture's candorYour casual slanderYou murder his memoryHe's goneWe knowIt's nothing but a tragedy
Lay to rest your soulAnd body lay beside your nameLay to rest your rageYour hunger and amazing grace
With candles and flowersYou were one of oursOne of ours
I saw cameras expose your lifeI heard rumours explode with liesI saw children in tearsCry and crowd around the sightOf where you had collapsed that dayWhere your last breath and wordHad been sighedWhere your heart had burst, where you had diedWhere you had diedWhere you had died
I saw how they were lost and grievingAll half believing you were goneThe loss and the pain of itCrime and the shame of it you were goneIt was such a nightmare ravingHow can we save him from himself?
I saw how they were lost and grievingAll half believing you were goneThe loss and the pain of itCrime and the shame of it you were goneIt was such a nightmare raving
How can we save him from himself? 

by Natalie Merchant

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