All O' The Talkin'

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue #3 Austin TX

good for anythin' and everythin' that ails

a legit vagabond ridin' the steel rails

pickin' and strummin'

you always hear a freight train a-comin'

fingers movin' in perpetual orbit

salt of the earth like potassium sorbate

foot stompin' and mouth a-hum

strings of undeniable truth vibratin' in unbroken continuum

from the lone star state

no longer with us but late

a bonafide soul needs no words

when it's right you know

when it's genuine it doesn't go slow

up high or down low

without duckin' your head

you just climb aboard and go

tearin' it up

one mighty playful pup

little need for backup

'neath a much sayin', more swayin', wide brimmed hat

thin but playin' fat

one damned cool, rhythmed cat

your doubtin' mouth hangin' open as all reason and understandin' go splat

all you hear is, "that's that"

wailin' hail

without lapse or fail

leadin' an endless trail of rhythmed braille

rockin'

stalkin'

ear-blockin'

mighty 'lectric shockin'

when no one needs a translator or dares take to walkin'

and the music does

all o' the talkin'

Author's Note

"Listen to music religiously, as if it were the last strain you might hear." - Thoreau