On the evening news


Old ladies jawing on the phone

Their conversations stir a panic

Some girl's gone

A student from way up The Atlantic


Her disappearance makes them think about their own grand kids

Currently on somebody's campus running rampid


So they argue about the many ways youth is wasted 

Forgetting all about the dirt they did in the way back when

Until they talk to God and end the conversation with an Amen


They pace when they worry

Grand kids better call back in a hurry

It's so bad that the floor can taste their sorrow

But when their calls are ignored. They plan a trip for tomorrow