grandpa said to cousin jed sitting on the porch i won t retire but i might retread seems like that guy singing this song been doing it for a long time is there anything he knows that he ain t said sing a song for freedom sing a song for love sing a song for depressed angels falling from above grandpa held the paper pretending he could see but he couldn t read without his glasses on how can all these people afford so many things when i was young people wore what they had on and mama said a little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you a little love and affection in everything you do slamming down a late night shot the hero and the artist compared goals and visions and afterthoughts for the 21st century but mostly came up with nothing so the truth was never learned and the human race just kept rolling on rolling through the fighting rolling through the religious wars rolling down the temple walls and the church s exposed sores rolling through the fighting the religious wars mostly came up with nothing grandpa here s your glasses you ll see much better now said that young girl of edith and earl s but grandpa just kept staring he was lost in some distant thought then he turned and said to that young girl  with or without you a better place with or without you with or without you hear that rooster crowing down on the double e it s a new morning dawning on the green bouncing off the towers and the sun s heading down for the streets the business meeting window shades are drawn another morning edition headed for the porch because grandma puts down the paper before grandpa raises his fork hear the rooster crowing down on the double e