Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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My Tribute song to the Miracle that was Jonas Salk. Recorded live at a PASA House Concert in Collingwood, New Jersey.
Filmed by Blair Savercool.

Patent the Sun

Thank you, Jonas.
I’m walking with mommy in Weehawken
Down to the counter at the five and ten
Vanilla egg cream
In the 1950s
Polio free

Thank you, Jonas.
Mommies with babies in Pigeon Park
Boys and girls on swings and slides
Playing just like me
In the 1950s
Polio free

He said you cannot patent the sun
You cannot patent the sun
It belongs to everyone

Here’s a gift to the World
Lungs of iron
And Legs of gold

Thank you, Jonas
Parades of children in a March of Dimes
From Pittsburgh with FDR
Through the century
From the 1950s
Polio free

He said you cannot patent the sun
You cannot patent the sun
It belongs to everyone

Thank You Jonas
I’m walking with Mommy in Weehawken