FIRE RELIEF CONCERT IN AUSTIN
“Roll me up and smoke me when I die”
– Willie Nelson
It’s damn dry in Texas this year Y’all
It was summer in spring and it’s still summer in fall
The big old lakes are all piss-puddle small
and the cows are eatin’ Bar-B-Q grass
the ones that are eatin’ at all
A million trees and a thousand homes
burned up in Bastrop just like dry sticks
But the stars are gathering over in Austin
Willie and George and the Dixie Chicks
Neighbors who know and care how they feel
Lovett and friends and Asleep at the Wheel
So let’s all chip in and do what we do
I’ll write a poem, what about you?