<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);"><a href="https://internetpoem.com/shel-silverstein/rock-n-roll-band-poem/"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); text-decoration: none;">Rock 'n' Roll Band</span></a></span></b><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;">by Shel Silverstein<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><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; background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">We'd </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/travel/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">travel</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> all over the land. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We'd </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/play/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">play</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> and we'd sing and wear spangly things.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And we were up there on the </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/stand/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">stand</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/people/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">people</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> would here us and </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/love/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">love</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> us and cheer us. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Hurray for that rock 'n' roll band. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then we'd have a million fans. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We'd giggle and </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/laugh/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">laugh</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> and sign autographs, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The people would all </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/kiss/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">kiss</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> our hands. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We'd be millionaires and have extra </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/long/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">long</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/hair/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">hair</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But we ain't no rock 'n' roll band,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We're just seven </span><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/kids/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">kids</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> in the sand. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With homemade guitars and pails and jars</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And drums of potato chip cans. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Just seven kids in the sand. </span><br><a href="https://internetpoem.com/poems/talk/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;">Talk</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">'n and waven' our hands. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And dreamin' and thinkin' oh wouldn't it be grand, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If we were a rock 'n' roll band.</span><o:p></o:p></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. 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