And so become yourself…

A favorite little ballad from my college days – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “teach your children..” These days, you would not be able to keep a straight face and write these lyrics, yet I’ve had others tell me that they, too, find the gentle melody and words quite touching. A fragment to remind us:

You who are on the road

Must have a code that you can live by

And so become yourself

Because the past is just a good bye



Teach your children well

Their father's hell did slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The one they picked, the one you'll know by



Don't you ever ask them why

If they told you, you will cry

So just look at them and sigh

And know they love you



And you, of tender years

Don't know the fears that your elders grew by

And so please help them with your youth

They seek the truth before they can die

Etc.

A shame that the singer David Crosby has had to struggle with keeping his life in order. Not too long ago, I remember listening to an interview with him; he seemed more balanced then, more focused on his current work. How quickly it all can scramble itself again. Read the story about his most recent arrest in NY here.