Here's To The Pioneers

Patrick Cannell © 2020

Here's to the pioneers who paved the way,
They were not afraid to seize the day.
I'm so glad they chose to take a risk,
Without them life would be brute and brisk.

Here's to the ones who broke the rules,
The rest are fools.
Here's to the ones who played it cool.

Gary Flynn was a good friend of mine,
Always cut along the dotted line.
He was comfortable to death from birth,
Not accomplishing a thing of worth.

Here's to the ones who did it wrong
But got it right.
Here's to the ones who had foresight.

They will live forever who have shunned the worn path
At all our endeavours I can hear them laugh.

Drat to the timid hand that paints faint strokes,
You won't change the world by changing coats.
If you'd rather read than write a book
You will never be a Captain Cook.

Here's to the ones who broke the rules,
The rest are fools.
Here's to the ones who did it wrong
But got it right.
Here's to the ones who had foresight.