A song comes on the radio,
It could be from the fifties, sixties or seventies
And I start singing the words,
The words of each song
That I know so well,
And know the lyrics.
So unlike modern music,
Modern so called pop music.
Can any of them sing!
Can any of them pronounce words!
I may just be that old
That I do not understand
This modern way.
I can understand modern classical music,
And listen to it so often,
But this modern pop culture is not for me.
I listen to modern jazz
And am taken into a different world,
One that I can understand.
So at least I have so much to listen to
And do not need to be drowned out,
Drowned out by the modern pop world.