STREET CORNERS

montreal june 9/ 82

i've stood on
the street corners
of paris in france
i've stood on the
street corners
in tokyo too

i've stood on the
street corners
with johannesburg whites
with the blacks at their mines
as they sharpened their knives
 
i've stood on the street corners
of san francisco and l.a.
i've stood on the street corners
of berlin and bombay
 
i've stood on the street corners
of beirut and madrid
i pondered the newspapers
 
and who do they kid