Radio Waves

We didn’t have a lot, but we had a radio,

  sometimes we’d listen to The Grand Ole Opry Show.

A finished wooden cabinet, with a golden glow,

  when the tubes warmed up, it was good to go.

We had to dial carefully, the signal wasn’t strong,

  pretty soon it lit up with a country song.

It brought the outside world to our living room,

  and in the lonely winter, it took away the gloom.

There was music, news and drama, the Shadow only knew,

  Fibber McGee and Molly, to mention but a few.

Hank and Lefty sang the ballads of the day,

  surely they could drive all our blues away.

The radio would rock, comin’ home from school,

  and up and down the block, Rock and Roll was cool.

We learned about the weather, the rain and the crops,

  might need to sell some cattle before the market drops.

Every so often they cut in for an ad,

  Geritol will help you, if you’re feelin’ bad.

We oughta’ buy insurance or a spiffy Oldsmobile,

  the eggs at the market are really quite a deal.

Brenda Lee and Patsy, sing about their woes,

  or how a perfect love just grows and grows and grows.

Leanin’ toward the speaker, we hung on every word.

  that radio was the best thing that we had ever heard.

You can keep your TV and your internet,

  just le me spin the dial on my Superhet*.

LDT December 31, ‘22

*Superheterodyne- Technical term for an AM radio.

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