CONCERT FOR GEORGE

The day the third Beatle died, I cried a tear for the man who would create no more

His life was so different, the quietest lad, this fourth of the fabulous four

I watched and I listened to the day long tributes, of his contribution to art

But the fact still remained, a coldness crept in, George and his light had gone dark

Then I heard that his friends were planning a concert to fill up the Royal Albert Hall

Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Jules Holland and more, the crowd would be packed to the walls

The naughtiest chords would fill the air as Jeff Lynne and Ravi Shankar both play

With McCartney and Ringo together again, Monty Python’s Lumber Jacks gay

Tom Petty, Albert Lee and with young Dhani Harrison looking eerily like his old dad

Tom Hanks even showed, Marc Mann and Ray Cooper how to smile when you’re really quite sad

The show must go on, even George would have said, so his life’s work unfolded before us

So with sitars and cymbals, guitars and the drum, Albert Hall was filled with the chorus

But the close of the show was a fitting end, meant to lift us from being so down

Ukulele in hand, an old song by the band with lead vocals from good old Joe Brown

George loved the Uke, and it’s simple four strings and Joe is a master it seems

For with tears in all eyes, he played for his friend, “I’ll See You In My Dreams”