Monday, January 6, 2014

Why Do The Good Go Blind?

I don’t think this works as well as “No Christmas Tree For Me 2013,” but, anyway -- maybe I should ‘be inspired’ * cough, cough * by McCartney more often, huh? Inspired by Billy Joel’s “Only The Good Die Young” -- well, at least, the title. :p Does the “Billy” in the first line refer to Billy Joel or Billy Graham? Wouldn’t you like to know? Boy, being a poet is fun!


Tell me, Billy, tell me the way

I pray in your church every day

Never met a blind man who was not OK


Why do the good go blind?


Please tell me the answer before it’s too late

I sit and wonder full of hate

What can I do to avoid my fate?


Why do the good go blind?


So many questions, too little time

The answers, I can’t find

Why do the good go blind?


Oh, why do the good go blind?


There are times…

When I want to rip this veil away

But I know it’s here to stay

No matter how good I am…


Why do the good go blind?

Hey, why do the good go blind?

I really want to know, why, why do the good go blind?

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