<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://internetpoem.com/shel-silverstein/rock-n-roll-band-poem/" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(46, 117, 182); text-decoration: none;">Rock 'n Roll Band</span></a><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Shel Silverstein<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band,<br>We'd <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/travel/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">travel</span></a> all over the land. <br>We'd <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/play/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">play</span></a> and we'd sing and wear spangly things.<br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band. <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band, <br>And we were up there on the <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/stand/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">stand</span></a>, <br>The <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/people/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">people</span></a> would here us and <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/love/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">love</span></a> us and cheer us. <br>Hurray for that rock 'n' roll band. <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band, <br>Then we'd have a million fans. <br>We'd giggle and <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/laugh/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">laugh</span></a> and sign autographs, <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band. <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band. <br>The people would all <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/kiss/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">kiss</span></a> our hands. <br>We'd be millionaires and have extra <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/long/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">long</span></a> <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/hair/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">hair</span></a>, <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band. <br>But we ain't no rock 'n' roll band,<br>We're just seven <a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/kids/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">kids</span></a> in the sand. <br>With homemade guitars and pails and jars<br>And drums of potato chip cans. <br>Just seven kids in the sand. <br><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/talk/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">Talk</span></a>'n and waven' our hands. <br>And dreamin' and thinkin' oh wouldn't it be grand, <br>If we were a rock 'n' roll band.</span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>