I miss a good story song as exemplified by Woody Guthrie, Jean Ritchie, Tom Paxton, Steve Goodman, Kate Wolf, Utah Phillips and others, with lots of fresh images and word pictures.

I like a good song with a chorus people can sing.

A folk song variant is invariably re-written by someone. It can be mis-remembered
or actually messed with.

Woody and Dylan always used serviceable folk tunes for their lyrics.
That's part of the folk process.

Actually, the great songwriters of the past have written memorable lyrics to show songs
which would be worthy of study.

Sometimes a song can take a year or more to become a good one. People are too eager
to put everything down without editing. You have to put it in a drawer and take it out later to see if it really holds up.

A good song doesn't need a defense. It has legs.