Patrick McFarland · Jun 26, 2011
Central Park Blues

I play my songs
for nobody
In sacred fields
of strawberry
Imagining
the world of man
much better than
I understand

While changing chords
from C to A
I watch the children
laugh and play
They run around
with happy grins
oblivious to shades
of skin

I change again
from A to F
and wonder if
the world is deaf
The songs of love
the children sing,
To jaded ears
don't mean
a thing

For those who do not know, there is an area in Central Park, right off 72 st. known as Strawberry Fields. It's a place where people come and play music and sign songs and imagine a world much different than the one we have.
 
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