"THE WEIGHT" (Rock In Peace, Robbie Robertson)

 

*scroll down for a YouTube video*

 

As I struggle-strum

The Band's The Weight

I wonder what makes

A song so great

Enigmatic symbolism

But maybe all we need to know

Is that Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Is home to Martin Guitars

And in the end

It's the music that makes

Our hearts vibrate

The words are just stepping stones

Through a 4-minute world

Created for the fan

Canadian Robbie Robertson

With Southern Levon Helm

And all the other voices

In The Band

Painting the picture

For us young hippies

For those at Woodstock

For all those who carry the song

In our hearts

For decades

Straight into old age

Yeah, they took the load off Fanny

And put the load right on me

As I struggle-strum

And screechy-sing

A song I love

And would love

To write my own

At least one-tenth as good

As The Weight

But oh-so-dry

Is the floodgate...

 

(c) 2019 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

IMAGE: Baritone Ukulele and some percussion

 

*  https://youtu.be/FFqb1I-hiHE YouTube vide The Weight