burn_baby_burn
child astonished (i'm listening to the words)

and it's burn baby burn
when am i going to get my turn

(when my mom enters and
i tell her)
"this is the stuff of his i like
this song, listen"

burn baby burn

"it's got that acoustic vibe i prefer in his work
not that other stuff, the stuff i first heard, the impression i first had"

(like: if i had a rocket launcher
some son of a bitch would die)

(well i do actually like that song
but i got tired of it
playing all the time)

"it's his early stuff, and his more recent stuff i like."

(i tried explaining this to a friend before when he told me about meeting him
and i told him i didn't like him much
but i told him about what i'd heard
about the folk scene way back when and
how my mother told me about him
and the stages they shared)


(and i'm telling my mom
as she enters the room)
"this is what i like of his stuff.
this early stuff"

burn baby burn

(and she informs me about the drums)


"the ones,..."

"yes i remember those drums."

("the ones dad traded
when you were away?")

"yeah? those drums?"
(oh those are the drums!)

burn baby burn

"yeah that's what i like about the song
come to think of it"
(i tell her)
"it's the drums that carry it"

(i liked those drums.)

"i didn't know they were used in this recording.
i guess i remember dad mentioning something before. he shouldn't have gotten rid of them. i told him not to."

(those were those drums? those ones?
when we fought?
when he threw my shoes at me?
when i told him i hated him?
all over those drums?)

"yeah? those drums?"

(i liked those drums!
they were nice drums.
just listen to them.
niceness. good song)

"you know
i also like
all the diamonds in the world"
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