Michael James Shannon is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer from Texas who began his professional music career in Texas then migrated to the Tempe/Phoenix m
Agnes and Christopher slept on the trampoline
Out in the yard under the stars
Their mother and daddy hung out by the stereo
With incense and macrame and plum wine in mason jars
Agnes and Christopher went to school sometimes
To practice their penmanship while mother and daddy tripped
Out in the garden they grew some asparagus
The commies will bury us it’s the Age of Aquarius
Agnes she jumped with her cat on the trampoline
It bounced then it died we laughed then we cried
Mother and daddy in self-imposed quarantine
Black lights and tambourines and tie-dyed philosophies
We drew our blood - We clasped our hands
And we crossed our innocent hearts
We pledged our love - We made our stand
And swore we’d never be apart
We clasped our hands
And swore we’d never be apart
Agnes and Christopher’s folks got arrested
The garden was burned and they never returned
But sometimes I think of that wonderful summer
It’s like a dream to me
Christopher, Agnes and me…
