you know, my favourite Dar Williams song is "The Poignant, Yet Pointless, Crisis of a Co-ed." Especially the last line.
THE POINTLESS YET POIGNANT CRISIS OF A COED
I'm not a leader,
I'm not a left-wing, rhetoric mobilizing force of one
But there was a time way back many years ago, in college, don't laugh
But I thought I was a radical
I ran the Hemp Liberation League with my boyfriend
It was true love, with a common cause
And besides that, he was a Sagittarius
We used to say that our love was like hemp rope
Three times as strong as the rope that you buy
domestically
And we would bond in the face of oppression from big business and
the deans
But I knew there was a problem, every time the group would meet
Everyone would light up
That made it difficult to discuss glaucoma, human rights
Not to mention chemotherapy
Well sometimes, life gives us lessons
sent in ridiculous packaging
And so I found him in the arms of a Student Against the Treacherous Use of Fur
And he gave no apology
He just turned to me, stoned out to the edge of oblivion
He didn't pull up the sheets, and I think he even smiled
as he said to me:
(Spoken)"Well, I guess our dreams went up in smoke - heh, heh"
And I said "No, our dreams went up . . in dreams . . . You stupid pothead."
And another thing,
What kind of a name is Students Against the Treacherous Use of Fur?
Fur is already dead,
And besides a name like that doesn't make a good
acronym
I am older now
I know the rising gradual fall of a daily victory
And I still write to my senators saying they should legalize cannabis and I should know,
'cause I am a horticulturist
I have a husband and two children out in Lexington, Mass.
And my ex-boyfriend can't tell me I've sold out
Because he's in a cult.
And he's not allowed to talk to me.
copyright Dar etc etc etc.
Readin'
Listenin' to
Thinkin' about