Swing, shake, jive

     Slick suits, rolling records

     Hitler-Jugend, Gestapo—must defy

Torture, inflict, wound 

     Star of David, Count Basie

     Smoking fags, jazzy tunes  

Down with Heil Hitler, Swing High 

     Shaggy hair, spitting on swastikas  

     Anti-Semitism, SS spy 

Kick, turn, spin, again 

     Tooting trumpets, brainwashed Nazis 

     Air raid sirens, Benny Goodman 

Music—you can’t ignore 

     Will always be 

     Humanity’s savior 

12/07/2007

Author's Note: Based on the movie, "Swing Kids"

Posted on 12/08/2007
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