Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Rock n Roll poetry revisited. (For Amy Winehouse)


An old poem rewritten for Amy Winehouse.



















They say poetry is the new rock n roll
Write another poem buddy. Go buddy go

Write about a rock star
write about her vices
write about her falls from grace
her personal crises
but write about a rock star
and dress her up in sequins
for rock n roll ain't a world
in which Jo meek wins.

Yeah poetry is the new rock n roll
Write another poem buddy go buddy go

Write about a rock star
write about he cocaine
talk about her cocaine
talk about her cocaine
talk about her...
Oh buddy push the needle on
and write about a rock star
sing it when you're done
sing it to a techno beat
badum badum badum

Yeah poetry is the new rock n roll
Write another poem buddy go buddy go

Write about a rock star
but not about her rehab
no don't write about her rehab
NO NO NO
write about her drinking
and write about her gear
because happy stories of the cure
are not what we want to hear
Yeah poetry is the new rock n roll.

(Guitar solo)

Yeah poetry is the new rock n roll
Write another poem buddy go buddy go
Write about a rock star
then kill her when you're done
kill her with a fatal dose
her vomit or a gun
but kill that fucking rock star
don't let her get too old
that way you'll get to number one
before the body's cold

Yeah poetry is the new rock n roll.

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