Ron Carter

[saw]

I wonder if Charles Mingus
ever cut his grass
hell no, he was jammin'
havin' a gas

doubt if Ron Cater
trimmed up his yard
hell no, he was practicing
workin' real hard

layin' down bass lines
hittin' his groove
while i was cussin' and kickin'
the damn Lawnboy to move

I was changin' the spark plugs
on the ole Briggs & Stratton
while Ron played the jazz clubs
in Detroit and Manhattan

while winning a Grammy
for Call Street Blues
I was loggin' in hours
in my steel-tipped shoes

eleven hundred weekends
since 1961
if I'd only had a yard man
I'd be number one

[Sparrow]

Life passes us by
while we do our thing
For my John Deer
It makes me sing

[WIREMAN]

At least you didn't sell out to disco....and as Gregory Corso said, "it's the poets who sit with kings."

[judih]

grass cutting as artform
no grammys
no oscars

path of grass cutter
an honest path
instant green carpet