ר ו ד ו ר ו ד ־ ל כ
ב In Every Generation
Generation Gaps
Rabbi David Ehrenkranz
My grandfather didn ’ t like my father ’ s music And my father didn ’ t like my music . We disagreed about the lyrics . And the order And the speed of the notes .
Mixed together at the right tempo In the right octave Our ears would allow sound To touch our hearts , sending us To places only known to us .
But just as every lock Has its own Combination So too did our Respective hearts .
Coltrane stirred my father ’ s But not my grandfather ’ s . The Beatles stirred mine But not my father ’ s . And Frank Sinatra Stirred my grandfather ’ s and no one else ’ s .
There were rarities that moved us all . Billie Holliday , Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole . But even then we Would not admit to each other that our souls
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