My grandparents
used to take us down
to the ice skating show
Oh, at the hockey rink, at the stadium,
when the Blackhawks were on the roll,
we would
They cheered for the clowns
in their costumes
And the beautiful figure ballet
Of the former Olympic champions
Who would spin on the frozen spray
But there was one moment
in that whole spectacular show
When the band would
strike up a quiet waltz
And they'd turn the lights down low
Old smoothies to old people on skates
They were sequenced
septuagenarians
doing the figure eights,
how they'd glide around the arena
so serene and sublime.
They had been the old smoothies
for a long, long time.
Where did they get the stamina
How did they stay in shape
I know that that took a lion's share
of the liniment, pride, and tape.
My grandparents smiled
as the smoothies would
glide and peer away.
Then Grandpa reached for
Grandma's hands
and Grandma's eyes got wet.
The spotlight followed
the smoothies,
circled the ice and bowed.
That must have been twenty years ago,
but I can see it now.
Old smoothies to old people on skates
Sequenced septuagenarians
who were doing their figure eights
How they'd glide around the arena
so serene and sublime
They had been the old smoothies
for a long, long time
They had been the old smoothies
for a long, long time.
Thanks for coming tonight, folks.
Thanks for coming to this
benefit concert.
David Amran, Hugh McDonald,
Corky Siegel,
and Jethro Burns.
Thank Yeah! Woo! Woo!