I originally planned to use this song to close out the Sitting Political Shiva post. Then, I paid closer attention and realized how relevant these thirteen year old lyrics are to the post-2016 electoral landscape or is that wasteland? It could be either.
Rodney Crowell is one of our best songwriters and This Too Shall Pass contains some of his finest lyrics:
When the winds of change hit hard and knock you off your guard
And you find out there’s a serpent in the grass
Though forked tongues might speak if truth is what you seek
This too will passWhen you’re all tied up in knots and your friends are taking shots
And the sun comes up and kicks you in the ass
When your stumbling down the aisle and you feel like you’re on trial
This too will passSometimes you’ve gotta go down the middle of the road
Where compromise puts speed bumps in your path
If you know what you won’t let no one say you don’t
This too will passSometimes you gotta crawl through the middle of it all
But don’t compromise your heart for something crass
When everything you do just feels like nothing new
This too will passWhen your all locked up in shame be careful who you blame
This too will passGoodnight George
The George in question is Harrison who died on the day Rodney recorded this song:
