SILK DIAMOND - Shelton Bradshaw live from Newport Pier's Globe

To our beloved sisters Rochelle and Lynette Hardaway--both brilliant, funny, and righteous in the way the word was meant to be used.

SILK DIAMOND
They say myths die young.
Not always true.
But sometimes do.
How, why and where they’ve gone?
Well it depends on who.

Stones say Jones had it coming.
The Who’s loon Moon’s joke’s still running.
It’s what the grunge boys wanted.
Hendrix’s loving spirit haunting.

Comforts me like 1983’s
mermaid waits under seas.
Still today, heroes save.
Not by time but impact made.

When their song, carries on.
Riff raff and chaff find floors.
Gold stains lead to heaven’s door.

But it’s so hard to find them.
One of a kind Silk Diamond.
So precious he hides them.
In a blink she’s beside him.

It’s so hard to find ‘em.
One of a kind Silk Diamond.
So precious he hides ‘em.
In a blink she’s beside him.

Angels anchor away in their prime.
I still crave Karen’s Lovelines.
Give Tammy Terrell more time.
Lynette’s legacy's so so divine.

Tupac’s provocative cruising.
Don’t mix guns, boxing and boozing.
Andy Gibb never learned losing.
Lizard King seemed to die by choosing.

And Jimmy agrees in 2023.
The war is now. The merman’s me.
Truth still saves. Love trumps graves.
Still time that heart’s change.

When lies die.
Such sweet goodbyes.
Trash stashed and burned in a breath.
But golden souls get going at death.

But it’s so hard to find them.
One of a kind Silk Diamond.
So precious he hides them.
In a blink she’s beside him.

It’s so hard to find ‘em.
One of a kind Silk Diamond.
So precious he hides ‘em.
In a blink she’s beside him.