Today would have been Mom & Dad’s 59th anniversary. The classic story from their wedding was that after the officiant had pronounced them husband and wife, my Dad turned to start walking back down the aisle. My Mom yanked him back frustratedly because they weren’t suppose to walk down yet, and the officiant said to …

You can see them sitting in frontThey never miss a chance to say what they think about what I sayThey’re at every showNever missing a chance to point out that I don’t mean to say what I say She laughs when he fallsInto a boat or out of a churchOr pouring iodine all over his …

I used to watch him picking alongTo the hits of John Prine and Joan BaezAnd though we come from different timesI still listen to everything he saysThough I don’t always follow it On a stool with his fishing hat onHe’s the spitting image of Burl IvesThough his fingers don’t move like they used toYou can …