Every seven years the body's cells are replaced. I wrote the following song as a member of DISBAND, an all-girl band of women, none of whom could play any instruments, in 1979:

"Nancy Wilson"

We all do something Friday
night I have my private life
Solitude's what keeps me warm
My time to write

I'm doin' a lot of homework late
All by myself I like
My own company it's OK
Working at night

This song has now become a work song
Just like the Volga Boatmen
Yo ho heave ho pulling my
Bootstraps again

Don't get me wrong I love to dance
To play and chance a romance
Skin my knees and bleed at recess
Learn the hard way.

 

13. DISBAND performing "Hey Baby" at P.S. 1 in Queens, New York, October, 1979. From left, Ilona Granet, Martha Wilson, Ingrid Sischy, Donna Henes, Diane Torr. Photo by Sarah Jenkins

14. DISBAND performing "Every Girl" at LAICA, Los Angeles, January, 1981. Photographer unknown

15. DISBAND AT THE DUSTBOWL, the Kitchen, New York, May, l981. Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. Photo by Daile Kaplan