Sky Teachers - Jack Crimmins

[Lawrence Robinson]

Sky Teachers

you've lost faith in the nation
or at least the current scene
you dream of wisdom women not
old conservative men in regal buildings
when the world turns round again
there are songs in coffee houses,
a guy says you know the ocean path
where the sky is huge, you know 
a woman who photographs clouds,
hold to your loved ones there are
kindred spirits everywhere and
the birds, ah man, the red-tailed 
hawks and the sailing buzzards
keep on in the great sky even if
the nation is adrift there's a
woman singing low and easy,
there's a guitar man right there,
America, with songs of healing,
in kinship and peace, we know 
your truth will be found, stay
free, friends here and away, don't 
let the old man government 
bring you down, we're a healing
nation, lost now, but the sky teachers,
the earth dwellers, the blues heart
song people will sing of wisdom,
wisdom, you can clap your hands,
sing along, even bang a drum,
calling in the spirits, shouting
out for freedom again in our country, 
oh, America, kindred folks long
for truth in our nation now

	- Jack Crimmins