“When You Write It, You Own It”

Read that Neil Young

Was sorry for his ‘Alabama’ tune,

Said he & Lynyrd had had no beef,

Happy birds all feeding-

Windowsill windmill sailing relief.

Neil went on further,

Saying oh so sorry that

Kurt quoted ‘Rust Never Sleeps’

In his supposed suicide note…

You wrote it-you own it Neil.

Take on the Yankee gushers,

The Rebel Yell plushers,

Then own it like a grown-up

Unfettered by regional meek

Shading, just be mature.

Braid your story,

Sing your song.

Write a lottery eulogy,

Admit when you’re wrong-

But when you write it-you own it.

Someday when you sit

In the court of the Crimson King

Or the Lamb that couldn’t sing-

Remember this one true thing,

When you write it-you own it.