'02 - Recorded With #deborahholland & Co 
This Was Part-Two Of The Audition/Presentation 
Of A Title Song For A Low-Budget Comedy/Horror Film... 
The Scariest Part Of This Project Was The Director, Himself 
But Big Thanks To #kenmeyers A Producer Friend
Who Did His Best To Get This Song In The Film 
Hired A Cool Guitar Guy (TBD) To Produce  
Thanks To #deborahholland For The 'Giggle At The Top' 
& Her Fabulous #backingvocals
Photo-Wise; Hi Gail!
The First Version - Acoustic Guitar & Drum Machine 
Can Be Heard Here... 
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/the-other-side-of-paradise-02

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE

Come On Down 
To The Banks Of The River, Kids!
The Band Is Wailing
We’ll Put You Up At The Motel 666
We’ll Leave The Flame On
Prices Are Low For Long-Time Cheaters
Heaven Knows We Don’t Need Heaters
Even When You’re Dead 
You Can Economize
We’re Just On 
The Other Side Of Paradise
Plenty Of Room At The Motel 666
We’ll Leave The Flame On
Even When You’re Dead 
You Can Economize
We’re Just On 
The Other Side Of Paradise

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THE OTHER-SIDE OF PARADISE

2011
Indeed...
Party-Tips Available Within!
I Hear Byrds & Roger McGuin 
You Know Who Else Cleans-Up Too Soon? Me
Many Of These Songs Are Just Lectures To Myself
Better To Make It About The Loveliness Of Others 
Is That The 'Late' Robin Gibb At The End?

Re: Bitchen & Kitchen
Sometimes It's A Good Idea 
To Keep Your "Place-Holder" Rhymes

SIT DOWN, LISA

Somewhere In The Kitchen
There Lives A Dirty Plate
And To Wash It Would Be Bitchen
But Maybe It Could Wait
Life Would Still Be So Serene
If One-Damn Plate Wasn’t Clean 
Sit Down, Lisa
Everything Will Be Alright
Sit Down, Lisa
Enjoy The World Tonight
Somehow You Could Muddle Through
If One-Plate Had Some Crusty Stew

Somewhere In The Bedroom
There’s A T-Shirt On The Floor
That’s Just The Sort Of Problem
That Our Lisa Can’t Ignore
Life Would Go On That’s For Sure 
If One-Shirt Just Stayed On The Floor
Sit Down, Lisa
You Don’t Have To Scrub The Corning
Sit Down, Lisa
It Can Wait Until The Morning
Life Can Still Be So Serene
If There's One-Pot That Isn’t Clean 
Sit Down, Lisa

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SIT DOWN, LISA

1977   

This Is More About The Feel
Than It Is About The Lyrics
'Groove Songs' Aren't "About" Much
But In '77 They'd Allow Me To Sit Back & Enjoy 
My 'Indoor Voice' & Pristine Electric Guitar Sound
This Was Recorded On Reel-To-Reel 
Using A Gibson ES-330 
Plugged Directly Into The Tape Deck 
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The Link Below Is The Next Song I Wrote 
Where I Steal The Cool Impromptu Ending Of This One
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/the-wet-mag-78
But They Go Well Together 
 
LOVE FOR YOU

Love For You
I Got Love For You
I Got So Much Love For You
Looking Out For Number One, Baby
Waking Up With Number Two
Sitting In For Number Three, Lately
And All This Is 
Is Just Somebody's Way Of Saying
Love For You
I Got Love For You
I Got So Much Love For You

Whatcha Call The Fragrance You Were Wearing?
That Sucker Speaks To Me In French, Baby
Je Suis, Un Père, Mon Frère, I Love Ya, Baby
Just Come A Little Closer Baby Look Into These Eyes 
And See This Love For You
Love For You
I Got Love For You
I Got So Much Love For You

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LOVE FOR YOU

LET IT BE ME
Cover Of The Everly Brothers 1959 Hit
Recorded In 1970 - With #peternoah
Almost Perfect... Save For The 2015 Digital Transfer
You Might Also Like The 'Cover' Boys Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/sets/noah-goldman-1970-cover-boys
I Believe We Recorded All 6 Songs In One-Sitting 
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16 Years Later, Peter & I Sang This At My Wedding
The Beauty Of Which Was Overshadowed
By The Questionable Choice Of Also Singing 
"I Don't Take Advice"
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Back In The '50s, Certainly The Husband & Wife 
Songwriting Team Of Felice & Beaudeleux & Bryant 
Knew They Were 'Modernizing' 'Handel's Messiah'... 
But I Didn't 
I Thought I Was 'Modernizing'  "Let It Be Me" 
With 'Winter Afternoon'
And So It Goes 

LET IT BE ME

I Bless The Day I Found You
I Want To Stay Around You
And So I Beg You 
Let It Be Me
Don't Take This Heaven From One
If You Must Cling To Someone
Now & Forever
Let It Be Me
Each Time We Meet, Love
I Find Complete Love
Without Your Sweet Love
What Would Life Be?

So Never Leave Me Lonely
Tell Me You Love Me Only
And That You'll Always
Let It Be Me
Each Time We Meet, Love
I Find Complete Love
Without Your Sweet Love
What Would Life Be?
So Never Leave Me Lonely
Tell Me You Love Me Only
And That You'll Always 
Let It Be Me

LET IT BE ME

1979 
"Live" At The Bla Bla Cafe 
On Ventura Blvd In Studio City, California
Accompanied By Two Very-Talented Friends 
#frankieblue & #deborahholland
I'm Playing The 'Tune-Adjacent' Bla-Bla Piano 
& Splaying My Life
With Apologies To Desdemona & Co 
For Splaying Her's Too
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In 1979, I Was A 'Regular' 
& Far From A 'Headliner' 
At The "Bla-Bla Cafe"
However, Dee Archer (A Powerful Blues-Rock Singer) 
WAS Headlining & She Closed Her Show 
With Her Version Of My "Desdemona"
The First Time I Heard It
I Cried From Unusual Places
She'd Turned My 'Confessional' Song
Into An Anthem Of Forgiveness
A Room-Sized Sing Along
Her Raspy Voice Made The Words Seem 
More Important & More Painful
Sadly There's No Recording :(
So This Will Have To Do
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Truth Be Told 'This Song Is In 'G'
This Is As Good & As Confident 
As I've Ever Sounded "Live"
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On The Infamous 'Bla-Bla Piano'... 
I Was Dodging Certain Octaves
But It Felt Like We Were Afloat ... 
And It Felt Intimate
At Around 3:30 When The "Alright" Tail Section 
Is About To Vocally Elevate 
I Toss-In A Cocky Ad Lib, "That's How It Goes" 
Akin To,  "I Got This"...
That's Often When Mr Karma Comes-A-Knockin...
But This Time I Was Spared
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I Adore This Recording
Our Performance Was A Lot Of Fun...
Actually It Was Amazing...
Frankie & Deborah Would Become Almost Forever Friends
The Accompanying Photo: Of Frankie & I 
Was Taken After The Show That Night 
Sporting Red Light-Rain Jackets 
Gifted To Us By The Opening Act
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& Finally A 1979 Telephone Reference... Explained
Back When You Acually Had To Dial 
The Phone Number You Were Calling
You'd Often Get To That Last Number...
 & Think Better Of It

DESDEMONA

Who Could’ve Hurt, Desdemona?
Sweeter Than Safire
Whiter Than Lies
I Hardly Touched, Desdemona
And It Couldn’t Be Me  
Cos I’m Still In Love
I Got A Hole In My Life
I Was Leavin By The Backdoor
I Got A Hole In My Life
I Was Lying To My Best Friend
I Got A Hole In My Life
But It’s Alright, Alright, Alright
You Can’t Blame Love

Would You Look At What Pain Does, Desdemona
It Mangles The Future
And It Severs The Past
We Lived By The Phone, Desdemona
And We’ll Die By It, Baby
Just A Number Away
I Got A Hole In My Life
And It's Bigger Than My Best Friend
I Got A Hole In My Life
I Was Leaving By The Backdoor
I Got A Hole In My Life
But It’s Alright, Alright, Alright
You Can’t Blame Love

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DESDEMONA 'Live'

Written in 1985 - Recorded In 2012 
This A Fab Sounding Extremely Early 
Version Of The Final Track 
The Dirty-Sounding Electric Guitars Are A Gibson SG 
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I Worked On This Track For A Few Months 
However 
The Bass & Drums & 2 Guitar Tracks & Reference Vocal
Took About An Hour To Record
This Is That Mix
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The Song Was An Easy One
It Passed Through Like A Storrm
A 'Minor-Chord' Verse To A 'Major-Chord' Chorus

LIEBCHEN

Our Love Ran Deeper Than The Valley, Dear
Our Kisses Could Not Be Compared
We Lived Outside The Laws Of Harmony 
You & Me
Under The Circumstances Rendezvous
Hop in & Hop Rght Out Of Love
So Irresistible I Didn’t Try 
And You Know Why
Liebchen
Nobody Hurries You
You Make The Stars Fall To The Sea
And When I Cry For Liebchen
I Know My Liebchen Cries For Me

Our Love Ran Deeper Than The Valley, Dear
Our Kisses Could Not Be Compared
We Lived Outside The Laws Of Harmony 
You & Me
Liebchen
Nobody Hurries You
You Make The Stars Fall To The Sea
And When I Cry For Liebchen
I Know My Liebchen She Cries For Me

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LIEBCHEN

1969 
I Was 19 And This Was My Best Song... At The Time
At least I Thought So  
A NYC Music Publisher Suggested I Go To LA 
To Become The Next James Taylor
Six Months Later I Moved To LA...
'Jimmy' Did Too
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BTW - There Are No Seasons In LA
Like A Bird In Spring' Resonated With Absolutely No One 
But What Impressed Was The Song's Chord Progression
Which Still Makes Me Smile
Cos It Resembles Costello's 'Red Shoes' 
Which Would Happened 8 Years Later  
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I'm Being Well-Accompanied 
On Bass & Lead Guitar By #bobclaster 
Bob Also Plays On; The Studio Version 
Of 'Sinatra's Car' & '004 DOG'

LIKE A BIRD IN SPRING 

Like A Bird In Spring 
I Come Back To My Home
Just To Sit Here & Know I’m Alone
With A Thought For Paradise
And A Thought For You
Yes & A Thought For Me 

Like A Bird In Spring  
I’m Just Here For A While
That I Will Go Somewhere Else 
When The Seasons Don’t Smile
And I’ll Cry When The Leaves Are Falling
And You’ll Cry When You Hear Me Calling, Darling

Springtime Brings The Lord 
Back To The Earth
In The Birds  
In The Trees
In The Leaves 
& The Dirt
You Can’t Tell Me That 
Life Isn’t Fine In The Spring
In The Spring 

It’s A Certain Thing That Keeps Me 
Well Through The Years
I Leave With The Seasons But
Believe I’m Still Here
And If I Say I’m Not Coming Back
Please Believe That I’m Lying
I’ve Been Here All The Time
Like A Bird In Spring

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LIKE A BIRD IN SPRING

1998 - Thanks To Good 'Press' From My 1997 'Girls N' Cows' CD  
Bob Boilen, Then Of NPR's "All Things Considered" 
Commissioned Me To Do A Song About An Oceanic Condition 'La Niña' 
I'd Previously Done A Song Called "Cheese"  
For A Wisconsin Dairy Story  
It's One Of My Favorites 
But Wasn't Well-Recorded  
Fortunately Through Our Occasionally Straying 7-Year-Old  
I Discovered My Music-Professor 
Chorale-Conductor Neighbor, Larry
Had A Recording Studio In His Basement  
So A Huge Thanks To Larry Farrow 
Who Recorded This & It Still Sounds Fabulous 
No, Really Larry - There's An Abbey Road Sharpness 
To Those Two-Electrics
And My Voice Sounds Good Too
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I Was A Little Musically Intimidated 
By My Engineer-Producer
But I Played Two-Guitar Parts That Were Economical
(meaning I didn't play much - but what I played... was clean)
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Finally - A Shout-Out To Koonts Hardware In West Hollywood, Ca.
Inspirational

La Niña

La Niña, La Niña 
Bring Your Snowboard Down To Ecuador
The Weather's Different Than It Was Before
It's Kinda Nippy On The Ocean Floor
All Because Of La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña

The Weatherman Has Got Me Runnin' Scared
The Lovely Wife She Just Stood & Stared
When I Said We Had To Be Prepared
In The Event Of La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña

I Took My Wallet To The Hardware Store
The Prices Higher Than They Were Before
I Wish I Knew What I Was Looking For
To Prepare For La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña

I Asked The Hardware Man I Met By Chance
What He Would Do If He Were In My Pants
And Then The Hardware Man Began To Dance
What I Assumed Was La Nina
La Nina,  La Nina

Down The Aisle To The Weatherstrips
He Was Swiveling His Hardware Hips
He Took My Hand & Then He Kissed My Lips
As We Danced The La Niña
La Niña, La Niña

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LA NIÑA

2010
Sounds Like A Mid-70's Paul McCartney Wings Song 
Similarly Titled; 'Letting Go' - 
I Also Borrowed Some Phrasing  
Completely Inadvertantly
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It Involves My Favorite Beatles Chord Change 
I Believe, D - Am In This Case
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OH, LET HER GO

SHE LEFT A GUY 
WITH ONE GOOD EYE
SHE WAS IN A HURRY
SHE WASN’T SURE 
Of THE NIGHT BEFORE
HER MEMORY WAS BLURRY
OH LET HER GO
LET HER SLIP AWAY & 
NO ONE ELSE WILL KNOW
OH LET HER GO
A BETTER KIND OF LOVE WILL SURELY GROW
IF YOU LET HER GO

SHE CAME HERE 
FROM DUNISMURE
AND LIVED AMONGST THE RUBBLE
A VICTIM OF 
AN ENGLISH LOVE
STARTED ALL THE TROUBLE
OH LET HER GO
LET HER TORTURE SOMEONE ELSE 
TILL THEY EXPLODE
OH LET HER GO
LET HER FIND THE PLACE 
WHERE RUBBERS MEET THE ROAD
AND LET HER GO

OH, LET HER GO

2010 - ADULT 'SWIM' VERSION

I’m driving home - 9PM - A block from my house 
When Cyndy Garvey... Steve’s first wife & minor-celeb, herself 
Face-off at a 4-Way stop 
At Crescent Heights & Pickford st
I was the first to enter the intersection
And Cyndy drove her car... from a stop… 
Right into mine on the passenger side  
Cyndy was surprisingly vile & unkind 
Which fortunately was not hard for others (cops) to see 
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When I got home I tried to decompress from the weirdness
Having been attacked by a dark-barbie type - 
A celebrity from the past
Who had literally driven into my car... out of anger/rage
It seemed like a Garp type moment
And I knew I needed to create something  
So I did this… Cos when you’re 60 
It gets easier to forget what you did yesterday…
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This track has become an incredibly fun re-discovery
It had been mislabled in my itunes library for 15 years
But fortunately now at 75 - I'm retired enough to have the time 
to stumble over 'mislabled moments' like this
And occasionally get lucky & go, wow
At times this track reminds me of a mid-70's 'Wings' cut
Or a Harrison Outtake from The White Album
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It definitely contains The Beatles "Magic Chord Change"
In This Case... D - Am 

OH, LET HER GO

SHE LEFT A GUY 
WITH ONE GOOD EYE
COS' SHE WAS IN A HURRY
SHE WASN’T SURE 
OF THE NIGHT BEFORE
HER MEMORY WAS BLURRY
OH, LET HER GO
LET HER SLIP AWAY AND 
NO ONE ELSE WILL KNOW
OH, LET HER GO
A BETTER KIND OF LOVE 
WILL SURELY GROW
IF YOU LET HER GO

SHE CAME HERE 
FROM DUNISMURE 
LIVED AMONG THE RUBBLE
A VICTIM OF 
AN ENDLESS LOVE
OF STARTING SO MUCH TROUBLE
OH, LET HER GO
LET HER SLIP AWAY
AND NO ONE ELSE WILL KNOW
OH, LET HER GO
A BETTER KIND OF LOVE 
WILL SURELY GROW
IF YOU LET HER GO

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OH, LET HER GO (ALT)

1989

Recorded On A Korg Keyboard Computer
This Was A Very Enjoyable 'Korg Nite' With Jim & Tracy 
I'd Always Felt That Oxnard, California 
For Obvious Reasons, Deserved A Pretty Song  
One Night On James Dean's Korg
Jim & I Worked Out The Music 
Tracy Helped With The Words
At The Time, The Korg Keyboard Computer
Was A Home-Recording Game-Changer  
We Were In Our 30's  
And Learning How To Interact With These
New Recording Devices
We Had Fun Doing This
The Fact That It's Not 'Rubbish' 
And Still Works 40 Years Later
Makes Me Laugh & Cry At The Same Time
Which Makes Me Blow My Nose

OXNARD

Oxnard - Oxnard
We Love Oxnard
Ox – So Clean
Snard – So White
Let’s Take The Children To 
Oxnard Tonight
Ox – So Near
Snard – Not Far
Don’t Let The Children Hang 
Out Of The Car
Oxnard - Oxnard
We Love Oxnard

Oxnard - Oxnard
We Love Oxnard
Ox – So Near
Snard – So White
Let’s Take The Children To 
Oxnard Tonight
Ox – So Near
Snard

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OXNARD

2018
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The Gun Lobby Owns Many Of Our Politicans
But Polls Indicate Americans May Have A Conscience
Some Folks Think We Should
Be Able to Modify How Many Bullets 
The General Public Can Shoot Per Second
We Have Speed Limits For Driving
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WE DON'T TALK ABOUT GUNS AFTER A SHOOTIN' 

We Can Talk About Race 
After A Lootin’
But Not About Guns 
After A Shootin’
You Can Talk About Religion 
& The Flag You’re Salutin’
But We Don’t Talk About Guns 
After A Shootin’
No, We Can’t  
No, We Can’t
No, We Can’t Talk About Guns, Guns, Guns 
No, We Can’t  
No, We Can’t
We’ll Have To Leave It At That  
With A Rat-A-Tat-Tat 

We Hear A Lot About Grains 
& People Talk About Gluten
But We Don’t Talk About Guns
After A Shootin’
We Can Talk About Spies 
With Vladimir Putin
Before Talking About Guns 
After A Shootin’
No, We Can’t  
No, We Can’t
No, We Can’t Talk About Guns, Guns, Guns
No, We Can’t  
No We Can’t
We’ll Have To Leave It At That  
With A Rat-A-Tat-Tat

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WE DON'T TALK ABOUT GUNS AFTER A SHOOTIN'

1978 
Talk About Your Song 'Pedigree' 
Elyse Weinberg - Tracy Newman & 'Breezy' Rich Goldman 
I Brought This Unfinished Song 
Into A Writing Session With Tracy & Cori (Elyse)
More Than Likely To Show It Off
But It Became A Wonderful Lyric "Polish" 
And When I Recorded It 
I Clearly Wanted To Show The Ladies 
That I Could Rock... 
Cheers To Pete Townsend & 
My Mighty 1978 Pignose Amp
A Perky Fugue For Guitar & Pignose
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Oh & The Weak-Sauce Scream
That Leads-Into The Guitar Solo... Ouch 
---
I Think I Felt The Song Was So Mean 
It Needed Three Writers On It
To Somewhat Diffuse The Venom

ANNIE
Annie says she’s leaving in the early morning
Annie has been leavin’ for a week or two
Annie’s always giving everybody warning
Of the disappearing that she’ll never do
Annie, Annie

Livin’ like the 'poor folk' with 'stacks o dishes'
Dyin’ all the time she needs to be alone
Annie’s telling stories that are so fictitious
When people talk about her, I just turn to stone 
Annie, Annie

Annie’s gettin’ tired of living with a caveman
Annie’s gettin’ tired of his prehistoric wit 
And she’s always cryin’ that she’s treated like a stage hand
One day, one day soon, Annie’s gonna quit

Oh Annie, Annie
Annie’s gettin’ tired of living with a caveman
Annie’s gettin’ tired of his prehistoric wit 
Annie’s got family in Cincinnati
Sendin’ Annie money for the trip back home
Annie’s got a photograph she calls 'Daddy'
Daddy’s got a daughter on the telephone
Annie, Annie

Goldman/Newman/Bishop

ANNIE

1967 - NYC
Greenwich Village  
Paul Simon's kid brother, Eddie... 
A dead ringer for Paul 
Heard me play 'Alison' at a 'Hoot Nite' (Open Mic) 
At Gerde's Folk City  
And outside the club, after the show, offered me $100 
To buy the song outright 
Both guys who'd accompanied me, Doug & his pal, Don  
Were shaking their heads, 'No' 
Eddie 'presented' as a hustler... 
And I didn't take him seriously 
On the train back to New Rochelle  
I asked Don & Doug if they'd noticed Janis Ian waiting to chat... 
Don had - Don had graduated New Rochelle High School 
A few years earlier & was playing Hudson River Folk Concerts 
With #peteseeger & although not yet a 'somebody' 
Don Maclean was on his way & acted 'as if' 
On the train into the city... 
Don & Doug Meyer (A great guitarist who preferred accordion in 1967)
Had talked guitar gear stuff...and ignored me  
But on the way home I was the center of attention  
I'm sure I went on too much about dylan, the beatles & the kinks... 
Eventually Don blurted out that the beatles were overrated   
& had ruined Rock & Roll - He particularly hated the Stones 
Who 'stole everyone else's styles & sold sex' 
& Dylan who'd 'betrayed folk music' 
I'd never encountered quite such a lucid-adjacent 
Takedown of the 60's music scene  
And definitely underestimated the resentment 
felt by folkies back in the 60s  
Were the 1950s really simpler times? 
Or was it because everything was hidden & not talked about?  
I think the only people who really yearn for the past 
Are the ones who weren't there... 
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My friend John Simson recorded this in 1969  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg9jUFEzM0Q  

ALISON / BABY JUICE DAYS

Alison – I Gaze At My Watch
Alison – A Face In A Shop
Alison – The Frills On A Frock

Alison With Your Fireman’s Cap
I’ve Loved You Since We Were Kids
Alison & The Baby Juice Days
I Loved You Since We Were Kids

Alison – Red For The Barn
Alison – I Think I’m A Farm
Alison – I Think You’re The Morn

Alison With Your Fireman’s Cap
I’ve Loved You Since We Were Kids
Alison & The Baby Juice Days
I Loved You Since We Were Kids

Alison – Hobbling My Lips

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ALISON

1990 - This Was In Our 'Korg Nite' Heyday 
'Folk-Rock' Heaven
My Buddy, Jim Dean, Had A Korg Keyboard & Digital Recorder
So For Us... 'Boys Nite-Out' Was 'Korg Nite-in'
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I Felt I Could Express Myself In Darker Ways 
With The Safety Of A Collaborator
And Jim's Fabulous Improv Skills 
Made Him A Very Creative, Lyric Co-Writer 
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This Began On Guitar(s)
The Korg Drums & Keyboard Were Added
And Later Transferred To The Korg - (The Future) Digital
I Vaguely Recall Jim Saying He Read Somewhere 
'Not To Have Too Many Questions In A Song' 
We Both Thought... 'Oh, Really?'
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From '88-'94, Engineer Jim, Worked Many Sonic Miracles  
This Is One Of Them 
But For My Inexplicable Vocal Whelps...
This One Is Close To Perfect
It Got Sped-Up - Somewhere Along The Way 
(35 Years) For Tempo... And So Did The Voice 
But, The Bass Sounds Pretty Well-Played
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Lyrically, Jim & I Explore My Rarely Seen, Judgemental Side 
Musically, We Explore Nick Lowe's 'What's So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding' - With Unmistakeable Beatle & Dylan Elements... 

HANGIN’ JUDGE

Has Anybody Ever Told You
That Your Eyes Are Made Of Stone?
Has Anybody Ever Told You
That You're In This Life Alone?
I'm Your Last Resort  
Just An Afterthought
When You Think You’re All Alone

Is There A Heart There? Or Just A Prairie?
Are You Attached To Him, Or What?
Does He Have Real Friends?
Does He Have Big Hands?
Can He Give You All I’ve Got?
I'm The Hangin' Judge 
And I'm Out To Lunch
With Your Darkest Afterthought

Devil Or Angel 
Adam & Eve
Born In A Manger  
Then Why Did You Leave?
I Might Have Told You 
If You Had Asked Me
That The Nights Get Kinda Long
You Want The Real Thing 
& You Want The Nasty &
You Want The Whole Thing For A Song
Now We're Both Adults
On The Test Results 
Of The Last Thing That Went Wrong

C 1990 james f. Dean & richard goldman

HANGIN' JUDGE

1987 
This Was From The 'Shaky Ground' Era  
(1987 LA Oct. Earthquake)
A Very White British R&B Thing
Think Elvis Costello... 'Sneaky Feelings'
From 'My Aim Is True' 1977 
With A Touch Of The 'Stalk' To It  
I Played Electric Guitars & 
Added A Keyboard Bass Then
I Tapped Along On A Late-70s Drum Machine 
And Recorded This On My Tascam 4-Track
Special Thanks To Me 
This Is One Of The Best Things I've Ever Done
I Still Love My Minimal & Clumsy Drumming
I'm Not A Drummer, But....
I Eventually Learned How To Create & Program Drums
A Skill That Would Become Useless By The 21st Century 
When Digital Gave Us Loops
But I Was In No Way Ever Good At The Drumming Thing
But... Fun Fact;  If You Play This On 'Repeat'
(And I'm Not Saying You Should) But If You Did
You Might Notice It Starts A Half-Step Lower... 
Than It Ends... Which Means 
The Whole Song Speeds-Up 
Likely Happened During A Transfer
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Thanks To Lowell George - He'd Know What4

I'M GONNA GET YOU, SOMEHOW

Things Don’t Look Too Good Right Now
But i’m Gonna Get You, Somehow
I'm Gonna Take A Solemn Vow
And I'm Gonna Get You, Somehow
I'm Gonna Get You, Somehow
Oh – Woh - Oh – Oh 
Oh – Woh - Oh – Oh
You Don’t Even Know That I Exist Yet
You Don’t Even Know That I’m Alive

Things Don’t Look Too Good Right Now
But I’m Gonna Get You, Somehow
I'm Gonna Take A Solemn Vow
And I’m Gonna Get You, Somehow
I’m Gonna Get You, Somehow
Oh – Woh - Oh – oh  
Oh – Woh - Oh – oh
You Don’t Even Know That I Exist Yet
You Don’t Even Know That I’m Alive - Am I Ever

Things Don’t Look Too Good Right Now
But i’m Gonna Get You, Somehow
I'm Gonna Make A Solemn Vow
And I'm Gonna Get You, Somehow
I'm Gonna Get You, Somehow...

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I'M GONNA GET YOU, SOMEHOW

1967 - Yes, 58 YEARS AGO
My '66 Gibson Hummingbird Was Just One! 
I Was A 17 Y/O HS Senior 
And I'm Pretty Sure The Title Refers To
How Much 'Beatle' Was Contained Here 
When In Fact It Sounds Way More Like
Simon & Garfunkel 
---
Truth Be Told 
It's Just Another Youthful, Humble Brag  
I Was Getting Some... 
Kissing Actual Girls
----
The Fall Of '67 & Spring Of '68 
Were Truly Very Disconnected Times
Surreal Events Were Going On 
A 'Made-Up' War - Assasinations & 'What Have You'
All With Mom & Dad Grinning & Bearing It
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A DASH OF PEPPER

In My Eyes 
Or Rather On A Reef
My Thoughts 
Having Bored My Foot To Sleep
I Could Always Live In Rome
And Pinch The Ladies In The Ass 
And Then Take Them Home
In My Dreams 
Or Rather In My Soup
I Can See Someone 
Hanging From A Noose
I Could Always Be A Plumber
And Aid A Lady In Distress With My Plunger
With My Plunger In My Hand I Would Be Happy
That’s The Only Thing That Matters, Right?
That’s The Only Thing That Matters
That’s The Only Thing 
That’s The Only Thing That Matters…Right?

In Her Arms 
Or Rather Up A Tree
I Can See 
All I Ever Care To See
I Could Always See Brazil
And Be A Coffee Man
And Pick My Beans At Will
With My Pickin’ On My Beans I Will Be Happy
That’s The Only Thing That Matters, Right?
That’s The Only Thing That Matters
That’s The Only Thing 
That’s The Only Thing That Matters… Right?
In My Heart 
Or Rather On Her Lips
I Can Taste Something 
That I’ve Always Missed
I Could Always Be Her Love 
I Could Always Play An A

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A DASH OF PEPPER

I Started This On A Casio 
8-Note Keyboard, In 1978
And Finished It In 2022 
For No Other Reason Than Irony... 
It Began As A Sarcastic Song About A Friend  
Who'd Become Successful & A Bit Insufferable
Fast-Forward A Half-Century
I Stumbled Over This When This Same Fella & I Were 
Reconnecting Again, 50 Years Later 
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I Tried It Out On Guitar & Fell In Love With It
Performing It Was A Bit Of An Art Form 
Fingers Dancing Around The Partial Capo
To Do The Bass Stuff
So I Was TotallyLocked Into The Guitar Stuff 
But Not Yet Into The Vocal
And This Was Literally The First Sing Though 
And It's Boomy But... 
I Played Some Things On This
I Will Never Play Again 

GOOD OLD DAVE 

Good Old Dave
My Friend Dave 
We Used To Do An Awful Lot Of Things Together
Good Old Dave
We Used To Think We Would Be Friends Forever
Good Old Dave
My Friend Dave
I Wonder What He’s Doing Now
I Wonder What He’s Done
I Wonder Where He Goes 
When He Goes Out To Have Some Fun
Good Old Dave 
My Friend Dave
People Always Wondered If We Were Brothers   
Good Old Dave
A Few Of Them Always Thought We Were Lovers
Good Old Dave
My Friend Dave
Did I Lose Touch With Davey Or
Did He Lose Touch With Me?
Maybe We Just Need Eachother,
Momentarily?
Good Old Dave  
My Friend Dave  
Good Old Dave

GOOD OLD DAVE

2004  
Family Vacation To Maui
One Day My Wife & I Bought Ourselves 
A Mele 6-String Ukuele
(As Pictured Here)
Mele Was A Ukulele Luthier On Maui
We Drove From 'Tourist Town' 
Through A Dense Rain Forest To A Clearing 
Where The Sweetest Thatched Roof Shop
Sold These Gorgous Sounding Ukes 
I Like 'Jangly' & The 6-String Caught My Ear 
And I Literally Took It Back To Our Friend's Home 
And Bashed Out 'Pukalani' 
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Cheers To Our Fabulous Hosts 
Gail & Piet In Upcountry, Maui
And The Incredibly Swift 
Weather Changes In Kula
And The Half-Filled Film Cannister  
Of Marijuana Seeds 
Used For A 'Shaker' Percussion Sound
And Also This Early Mix ProvidesThe Sound Of 
One-Hand Clapping...
It's The Same "Take" I Used For 'Dreadful Sorrow'
But Its An Earlier Mix  
No Solo'd Vocals 
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Pukalani Was The Sight Of My Last Enjoyable Round Of Golf  
That's Now Close To 20 Years Ago 
I Played With A Friend Of Our Hosts 
I Was Good In My Teens
But I've Always Hated Golf... 
Even As A Teenager It Felt Like An Addiction
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Golf... Like Caviar, Oysters & Richard Goldman Songs
Is Not For Everyone


PUKALANI

Here Comes A Big Fat Cloud 
Climbing Over The Mountain & It's
White & Wispy & It’s 
Crawling Over The Ridge & It’s
Climbing Over The Mountain 
Faster Than I Can Climb Over The Mountain &
Sometimes Mother Nature’s 
Just A Son-Of-A-Bitch Here In

Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay

The Wind’s Picking Up & 
The Air’s Cooling Down 
And I Can Feel The Freaking Moisture That's Just
Dripping In The Air & I Got
No Way Of Stopping That
Big Fat Cloud As It
Rolls Over The Mountain & 
Curls Up My Hair & I Go

Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani 
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay

Well, The Whole Thing Makes Me Wonder What The Hell 
Happened To The Sun & 
Isn’t It Supposed To Burn Through That
Wispy Little Sucker And
Maybe That Ball Of Fire Just Had 
Somewhere Else To Be Or 
Maybe It Couldn't Give A Damn About The
Curlin' Of My Hair And I Go

Pukalani - Uke-a-lani  
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani  
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay
Pukalani - Uke-a-lani  
Ay-yay-e-yay-ay...

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PUKALANI

1988

It Would Have Been Difficult To Get Naked 
In The Front-Room Closet Recording Studio 
Of Our One-Bedroom WeHo Apartment 
I Used 'Addicted To Love' Sound Samples 
Not Parts - Just The Sound Of...
I Stayed-Up All-Night Recording 
But Mostly Listening Back To 
My Tascam 4-Track Recording 
Thanks To My Wife, Christie Mellor
For The Tascam & 
Thanks To Peter Hasting's For His 'Old' Sampler & Samples
Thanks To Bowie / Lou Reed / Beach Boys / Left Banke 
Pardon For... 
Outliving Patrick Swayze 
& The 80's Techno Thing 
I've Often Imagined A Conga Line 
Snaking Through A Room Thing For This Track
But... As You Could Imagine
The Older I Got The More 'Getting Naked' Seemed... 
Less Appealing?
Moving Swiftly To Completely Embarrassing
By The 'Getting Naked' Bit 
Because It's Totally Part Of The Track
It's Like You Can't Cut The 'Na Na Na' From 'Hey Jude'
But Now At 75 'Naked' Is Not What You're Hoping For
You're Hoping For A "Cover"!!!@
So Yes I'm Urging Youger  & More Attractrive Folks 
To 'Cover' This Track

GIRLS

Girls Can Make You Look Out Your Window
Girls Can Make You Hear The Angels Sing
Girls Can Still Look Good Inside A Pinto
They Get Away With The Strangest Things
Girls
Girls Are Hiding In The Closets
Girls Are Waiting In The Wings
Girls Are Turning Into Doctors
Girls'll Do The Strangest Things
C’mon & Get Naked – Naked With Me
C’mon & Get Naked – Naked With Me 
Girls
Girls Can Really Drive You Crazy
Girls Are Better Than Onion Rings
Girls Go For Patrick Swayze
Girls'll Dig The Strangest Things
C’mon & Get Naked – Naked With Me
C’mon & Get Naked – Naked With Me
Girls Like, Girl's Like The Strangest Things

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GIRLS, GIRLS

2017

So, Yes - Those Pint-Sized Man-Eaters, Do Exist 
And Can Be Plentiful, Say, In August, In North Michigan
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The Chair Pictured
Was Where I Was Seated When 
I First Heard Of Flesh-Eating Flies
And Where My Butt Stayed Located 
For My Pretty Much The Entire Trip 
& Indeed Where This Song Was Conceived
While Staying With Friends
At Torch Lake, In 2017

Flesh-Eating Flies

White Folks Are Pasty
But They’re Very Tasty
Or So Say 
Flesh-Eating Flies From Michigan
If You’re Fat Or You’re Thin
They’ll Get Under Your Skin
Flesh-Eating Flies Of Michigan

We Could Fill-Up A Thermos
With Your Epidermis
Flesh-Eating Flies Of North Michigan
Whether Catholic Or Jew
We’ll Eat You’re Skin Too
Flesh-Eating Flies From North Michigan, Girl

We Mean You No Harm
Just A Piece Of Your Arm
We’re Flesh-Eating Flies From Michigan
We Don’t Make Much Noise
We Like Girls & Boys
Flesh-Eating Flies Of Michigan

We Don’t Read Ann Landers
But We Love Michiganders
We’re Flesh-Eating Flies Of Michigan
Now Our Story’s Been Written
By A Man Who Was Bitten
By Flesh-Eating Flies Of Michigan - Ooh-Girl

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FLESH EATING FLIES

Recorded In 1975  
At Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, Ca
Engineered & Co-Produced By Frederick Ampel 
Using A Moog Synthesizer & Keyboard For The Bass
At That Time I was An "In-House" Project 
At Sound City
Recording Whenever Studio B... 
Wasn't Booked
Recording Was Concluded Abruptly
I Think I Broke-Up With Fred
And Joe Shopped Me To Robert Stigwood
Who Loved Sinatra's Car & Dancer
Robert Stigwood Was The Music Mogul
Turned Movie Producer (uh-oh)
The Guy Who Discovered The Bee Gees 
Producing The 'Sgt Pepper' Movie
I'd Never Met A Real Mogul Before
And He Was Very Complimentary
Not About So Much Dancer Or Sinatra's Car
But This Song... Joe... On His Own... Played Him 'Sleepyhead'
And Of Course He Said It Sounded Like Barry Gibb 
Stigwood Had Produced A Lot Of Barry's 70s Bee Gee Ballads 
And I Adored The Bee Gees - Always My Dirty Little Secret
Because 


This Is An Early-Mix With A 'Rough Vocal' 
That Would Last A Lifetime
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SLEEPYHEAD

Sleepyhead 
Won't You Get Out Of Bed
You Missed Another Morning 
And The Night’s Just Ahead

You Put On Your 'Face'
Brush Your Hair Into Place
It’s Hard To Believe 
That You Need That Much Time
Cause Your Face Is Like Silk
And Your Hair’s Woven-Gold
Your Eyes In The Morning 
Are A Sight To Behold

Sleepyhead  
Won't You Get Out Of Bed
You Missed Another Morning 
And The Night’s Just Ahead
Lonely Soul 
You Have Taken Control
And Given Me The Power 
That The Loneliness Stole

You Put On Your 'Face'
Brush Your Hair Into Place
It’s Hard To Believe 
That You Need That Much Time
I Watch You & Wonder
'Bout The Spell I Been Under
The Mirror Never Looked So Good 
In All Of It’s Life

Sleepyhead 
Won't You Get Out Of Bed
You Missed Another Morning 
And The Night’s Just Ahead
Lonely Soul 
You Have Taken Control
And Given Me The Power 
That The Loneliness Stole

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SLEEPYHEAD

Written in 1966  
Recorded in 2016
I Was 16 - The Bassist
In A Local 'Top-40' Band & Had A Crush 
On The Lead-Guitarist's... Younger Sister 
The Song Is Written In Code
The First Letter Of Each Word In The Title 
Spells Out Her Name
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The Band Generally Rehearsed 
In The Lead-Guitarist's Living Room 
Where The Younger Sister Would Watch 
While Splayed On The Sofa  
It Made Us Wanna Run The Songs Through... 
'A Couple More Times'
There Are Some Things You Don't Forget

DO ALL LOVES END?

Different From The Rest
And By Far The Best You Can See That I’m Blessed With A God
Lends A Helping Hand
Ending All Her Plans
And Will Understand When You're Low
Do All Loves End
When People Die
Or Do They Last Longer
Than You Can See With The Naked Eye

Denting Your Mind
And Others Of Your Kind With A Smile That Could Bind A Deep Wound
Lets You Speak Your Lines
Entering At Times
She’s A Love You Don’t Find Anymore
Do All Loves End
I Ask This Cos I Pray
That When That Fateful Day Will Come
Our Love Will Go On

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DO ALL LOVES END?

1974

This Is The Same Recording As 
The Numero 'Sweethearts Deluxe' Version
But Slowed To The "Proper" Speed 
And With A Stereo Mix!
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My Former Manager & Co-Producer Of The Track
Had Sped-Up The Mix For The Tax Scam 'Sweethearts' Album In 1977
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Musically, This Owes A Lot To Queen 
Kind Of A Straight-Forward Pop Ballad 
That Becomes Dramatic In The Bridge Section
I Believe Bob Claster Plays Piano &
I Think I Play Bass - If I Didn't, It Might Be Bob
But I Definitely Play An Acoustic Rhythm Guitar 
& An Electric Guitar In The Bridge
And The Vocals And...
Did Some Cymbal Smashing Too
Bob May Have Bashed Some Cymbals Too
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MEMORY LANE

No, Not Tonight I Got To Stay Inside
Too Many Things That Are On My Mind
Over & Over I Will Twist On Her Name
Doing The Stroll On Memory Lane
Wo Ooh-Wo, Ooh-Wo Ooh-Whoa-Oh-Oh

And All The Lights In The City 
Would Only Take Their Toll
I Couldn’t Drink Away 
My Heart & Soul

So Run Boy Run - With The Wind In Your Hair
Good Times Are Waiting - No Time To Spare
Tell Her If You See Her That I Can Explain
I’m Doing Time On Memory Lane
Wo Ooh-Wo, Ooh-Wo Ooh-Wo 

And All The Lights In The City 
Would Only Take Their Toll
I Couldn’t Drink Away 
My Heart & Soul

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MEMORY LANE

A 2016 Cover Of Donovan's 'Catch The Wind'
It's Always Been Hard For Me To Sing This 
Without His Scottish Accent
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This Is For RoseMary - Happy Birthday! 8/10/25
 In-Law & Donovan Fan

Donovan Anecdote: 
In The 80s - I Played In A Weekend Pick-Up Softball Game 
At Fairfax High In Hollywood
With Donovan's Son... Dono  
And Yes, It Was Weird Playing Ball 
With The Son Of A Hero
But Dude Was 8 Years Younger Than I 
And Had A Quick Bat
I Pitched A Lot - I Didn't Like Guys With Adjustable Swings
You Could Fool Them & They Could Still Recover
Dono Could Hit My Pitching 
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Below Are The Proper Words...
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CATCH THE WIND

In The Chilly Hours & Minutes
Of Uncertainty, I Want To Be
In The Warm Hold Of Your Loving Mind
To Feel You All Around Me
And To Take Your Hand, 
Along The Sand
Ah, But I May As Well Try & Catch The Wind

When sundown pales the sky
I want to hide a while, behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now
Would be the sweetest thing
That would make me sing
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind
When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near, to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind
For standin' in your heart
Is where I want to be, and I long to be
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind

Donovan Leitch

CATCH THE WIND

Wow! Three Plays! 
Kinda Puts ALL My #SoundCloud Numbers In Question
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It's Unclear Why This Is Such A "Difficult" Topic
There Were Only Two Possible Outcomes
Either Epstein Killed Himself
Or Someone Else Killed Him 
And A Lot Of Very Rich People
Wanted Him Dead
Now, I'm 75 - When I Was Growing-Up
I Watched The Soviets Do Really Obvious Stuff
That They Would Really Obviously Lie About...
It Was Often Humorous
Putin Has Kept Up His Nation's Tradition With His
'Come See The View From The Window, Igor' Campaign...
So, Claiming Epstien Took His Own Life
When A Cadre Of The World's Richest People Wanted Him Dead
Is A Walk On The Soviet Side... So I Went With A 50's Thing

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SUICIDE WATCH

Suicide Watch 
You’ll Get The Hang Of It On 
Suicide Watch 
Every Shift's The Swing Shift On
Suicide Watch 
Things Are Looking Up On
Suicide Watch
Oh
You’d Rather They Be In Their Bed
Than Swinging Gently Overhead 
On
Suicide Watch  
Things Are Looking Up On
Suicide Watch 
Getting Sleepy On 
Suicide Watch  
You Keep Me Hanging On
Suicide Watch
 
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SUICIDE WATCH

I Recorded This In 2014 - 50 Years After I Wrote It 
It Was One Of My First Songs & I Was
Hoping To Impress The Young Lady Pictured
The Title Was From A 1959 Movie
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The Girl Pictured & I 
Met-Up Again 45-Years Later 
At A High-School Reunion & Thanked Her 
For Helping Me Become A Songwriter
Later, We Sang 'If I Fell' Together... 
It All Worked Out
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I’LL CRY TOMORROW

Girl, Can't Be With You 
Can’t See You No More
Girl, It’s The Last Time 
That’s For Sure
Cos I’ll Cry Tomorrow
That’s What I’ll Do
I’ll Cry Tomorrow Just
Thinking About You

I Don’t Expect You
To Wait
Just Show Me You Love Me 
Before It’s Too Late
And I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Yes, You Know I Will
I’ll Cry Tomorrow But
Tonight I’ll Have My Fill

Today, I’ll Remember 
For Years
I Won’t Remember 
Tomorrow’s Tears
Cos I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Yes, You Know I Will
I’ll Cry Tomorrow But
Tonight I’ll Have My Fill

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I'LL CRY TOMORROW

Back In 1989 My Friend
Jim Dean & I Would Get Together & Make-Up Songs
For Our Own Amusement 
On His Korg Keyboard Computer 
We Were Both McCartney Freaks 
The New Era Of Digitized Recording
Was Making Very Accessible To Record At Home
We Had A Plan - "Oh Darlin"  
That Was The Plan
That A Coherrent Song Emerges.. Is Largely Luck
But... Jim Happens To Be A Great Improvisor
And What We 'Pull-Off' In The Bridge Section - Twice
Is Just Me Holding my Own With A Talented Improvisor
The Song Has Some Cool Chord Changes... 
And, Oh Yeah - Songwriter Tip #179
Make Sure You Can Sing The WHOLE Song
BEFORE You Record The Whole Song 

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ONE MORE TOMORROW           

YOU USED TO WANT ME
NOW YOU DON'T CARE ANYMORE
YOU USED TO HAUNT ME
NOW YOU’RE NOT YOU'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT LOVE IN YOUR EYE?
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME BREAK DOWN AND CRY
DON'T SAY YOU'RE LEAVING - DON'T SAY WE'RE THROUGH
GIVE ME ONE MORE TOMORROW  WITH YOU

YES, I STILL LOVE YOU
AND YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE FOR A WHILE
I'LL ALWAYS NEED YOU
I'LL NEED YOUR SWEET LITTLE SMILE

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT LOVE IN YOUR EYE?
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME BREAK DOWN AND CRY
DON'T SAY YOU'RE LEAVING - DON'T SAY WE'RE THROUGH
GIVE ME ONE MORE TOMORROW  WITH YOU
GIVE ME ONE MORE TOMORROW  WITH YOU

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ONE MORE TOMORROW

A Duet With Tracy Newman  From 2010  
We Made A Little YouTube In Her Home Office
This Is The Audio

I Wrote The Song Around '02
From A Musical Suggestion From My Then L.A. Neighbor, 
Larrow Farrow  - Thanks, Larry!

Generally My Wife Sings This With Me 
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/jersey-sky-7
Thank's Christie!
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But This Version With Tracy 
Has Both Charm & Tempo To It
And I Get To Sing The 'Melody'
And There's Yet Another 'Dreadful' Version 
From My 2013 'Dreadful Sorrow' CD
Catch Them All!
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I Love This Song
It's A Beautiful Accident...
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My Neighbor Says; 
'My Friend Has A TV Pilot 
Set In New Jersey
Wanna Write A Song Together
To My Chorale Arranger/Director/Composer Neighbor 
I Say 'Sure' 
He Proceeds To Sit At His Piano & Play & Sing 
A Jazzy Phrasing Of 'Hey, Cover Me Tenderly' 
Stops - Turns & Says 'like that'
So - From Four Words & 8 Notes
And A Fortunate Grafting Of Memories & Notes
Came This Little Gift 

JERSEY SKY

Hey Cover Me Tenderly
And Take Me Home
To Listen To Brenda Lee
Naked

Don’t You Ever Wanna Try 
New Things?
Things You Think You’re Never Gonna 
Do Things
Windows Open Up Inside
When You Try The Things
You’ve Never Tried

Hey Cover Me Tenderly
And Take Me Home
Over The Tappan Zee
Naked

It’s Always Better When You Try 
New Things
Things You Think You’re Never Gonna 
Do Things
Say The Words You’ll Never Say
Whisper Them & Walk Away

Hey, Sing Me A Lullaby
And We Can Lay
Under The Jersey Sky
Naked

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JERSEY SKY

It Was 1991 & My Music Pal & Brilliant Improvisor - Jim Dean 
Had Created Vic Storm - A Fictional Washed-Up Pop-Singer 
Who Plays County Fairs & Such
So Vic Needed A Back-Catalogue Of Songs
So I Wrote & Later Recorded This 
With Jim's Help On His Korg
This Is Not In Any Way Personal Or Auto-Biographical
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JUKEBOX IN HEAVEN

I Took A Left At 'Life'
Now I’m Right Where I Belong
I’ve Done Things 
A Good Man Wouldn’t Mention
Now There’s A Bright Light Up Ahead
But It’s A Burnin’ Shade Of Red
At Least I Hope 
I’m On The Jukebox 
Up In Heaven

If God Was A Woman
I’d Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
You See I’m Blessed
With This Power Over Women
But With My Luck 
God’s A Guy
So You Can Kiss 
My Ass Goodbye
At Least I Hope 
I’m On the Jukebox 
Up In Heaven

If You Ever Get To Kingdom Come
Won’t You Check & See
If My Song Is In - God’s Record Bin
Play It Once For Me

Now I Hear The Final Bell
And I’m Heading Straight To Hell
At Least I Hope 
I’m On The Jukebox Up In Heaven

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JUKEBOX IN HEAVEN

Thinking 2010ish
I'm Singing With Fab Wife & Phil Fanatic, Christie Mellor 
This Isn't The Funniest Birthday Song I've Written For Phil
But The "Phil Phil Phil" Section Is Heartwarming
And Has The Gram & Emmylou Thing That
We All Bonded Over As Friends 
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A Damn Fine 'Live' Vocal Performance From The Spouse
I Was A Bit All Over The Place But...
It Begins With Gusto & Wends Towards Rousing

JUST ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SONG FOR PHIL

It’s Just Another 
Birthday Song For Phil
He’s On His Way 
But Not ‘Over The Hill’
‘Old Geezerdom’ Is Coming
And Every Year I’m Strumming
It's Just Another Birthday Song For Phil

He’s a Writer/Producer 
& He Directs
He’s Better At It 
Than You Might Expect
He’s Like A Bike With 30 Gears 
But He’s Gettin-On In Years
It’s Just Another Birthday Song For Phil

Phil, Phil, Phil
Another Year Has Passed 
And We Love You Still
Phil, Phil, Phil
We Love You &
We Always Will

Some Birthdays Are Really Godforsaken
But This Time Phil Sure Brought Home The Bacon
He’s Got A Heart That’s Really Big
You Can Even Ask The Pig
It’s Just Another Birthday Song For Phil

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JUST ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SONG FOR PHIL

Dylan Cover - 2016

What If The Late 60's Kinks 
Gave Dylan's 'Tom Thumb's Blues'
The "King Kong" Treatment
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I'm Playing & Singing Everything - "One-Man Pop Army"
Mostly Loud Guitars & Bass
After 46 Years In LA 
I 'Moved Back To New York City' 
So The Last Line Felt Appropriate
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Pinting Out The Lyrics Was A Religious Experience
It's Like A Psalm 
Words & Music Bob Dylan

JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES

When You're Lost In The Rain In Juarez
When It's Easter Time Too
And Your Gravity Fails 
And Negativity Don't Pull You Through
Don't Put On Any Airs 
When You're Down On Rue Morgue Avenue
They Got Some Hungry Women There 
And They'll Really Make A Mess Outta You

Now If You See Saint Annie, 
Please Tell Her Thanks A Lot
I Cannot Move 
My Fingers Are All In A Knot
I Don't Have The Strength 
To Get Up & Take Another Shot
And My Best Friend My Doctor 
Won't Even Say What It Is I've Got

Sweet Melinda, 
The Peasants Call Her The Goddess Of Gloom
She Speaks Good English 
And She Invites You Up Into Her Room
And You're So Kind & Careful 
Not To Go To Her Too Soon
And She Takes Your Voice 
And Leaves You Howling At The Moon

Up On Housing Project Hill
It's Either Fortune Or Fame
You Must Pick One Or The Other
Though Neither Of Them 
Are To Be What They Claim
If You're Lookin' To Get Silly 
You Better Go Back To 
From Where You Came
Because The Cops Don't Need You 
And Man They Expect The Same

Now All The Authorities
They Just Stand Around & Boast
How They Blackmailed The Sergeant-At-Arms 
Into Leaving His Post
And Picking Up Angel
Who Just Arrived Here From The Coast
Who Looked So Fine At First 
But Left Looking Just Like A Ghost

I Started Out On Burgundy 
But Soon Hit The Harder Stuff
Everybody Said They'd Stand Behind Me 
When The Game Got Rough
But The Joke Was On Me 
There Was Nobody Even There To Bluff
I'm Going Back To New York City 
I Do Believe I've Had Enough

JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES

KINKS 'KOVER' 
The Most Heartfelt 'Cheers' Imaginable 
To Raymond Douglas Davies
Whose Music & Voice Inspired 
Throughout The 60s & 70s
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I Recorded This In 2015
I Was 65 & I Thought I'd Created This Song 
That Was Actually A Cut From An Early Kink's Album
I Played It For A Musical Friend (My Age) 
Who Said... "Nice Cover"
Not Until That Moment
Had I Any Idea 
I'd Lifted An Early Kink's Track  
Back in'65 - I Was The Only One I Knew 
Who Bought The LP, 'Kinda Kinks' 
50 Years On... With Memory Being Somewhat Unreliable
I Had Inadvertantly "Dressed-Up" (Interpreted)
An Early (1964) Ray Davies' Song 
And Expanded The Melody & Lyrics In The Verses
So My Track Is "Based On" A Kink's Song
Or It's A 'Nice Cover'
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Previously... The Last 10 Years   
I've Been Embarrassed & Dreading 
Having To Explain It 
But Things Are Different Now
'Covers' Are Allowed - Yay
So - Although A Davies/Goldman Composition
Is Beyond My Wildest Dreams
I'm Happy To Call This A 'Cover' 
Of Ray's 'Nothin' In This World'
My Track Doesn't Exist
Without Ray's Song 
Living In My Head 
For 60 Years     
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NOTHING IN THIS WORLD

Met A Girl 
Fell In Love  
On An Escalator
Met A Girl 
Fell In Love  
She Was Gone A Moment Later
Now There's Nothin' In This World
Stop Me Thinkin' 'Bout That Girl
Now There's Nothin' In This World

She Get's By  
With Another Guy
I Think His Name Is Ernie
She Get's By  
With Another Guy
Maybe It Was Bernie?
Still There's Nothin' In This World
Stop Me Thinkin' 'Bout That Girl
No There's Nothin' In This World

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NOTHIN' IN THIS WORLD

'1977 - This one has some Reel-To-Reel Magic    
I Knew It Was A Short Song 
But I Could See I Was Near The End Of The Reel  
But I'd Just Written A Song Called  'Positive Positive'
So I thought... I'd Give It A Shot - But I Pushed My Luck 
And The Tape Ran Out.. But In That Instant You Realize
Wow - Now It's Really Art - Chaos Has Stepped In
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An Interesting Mix Of Paul Simon 
And His Short-Sighted Friend, Randy Newman  

DOUBTER

Here’s a welcome to the world of indecision
Or are you passing through?
When I dreamed you I was under the assumption
It was never coming true
Maybe I’ll be better off
For all the tears I cried 
If I don’t fall in love so hard this time 

God help me I don’t mean to be a Doubter
Doubter ain’t no fun
I just can’t help it when I have to live without her
And our sweet love is on the run
Maybe I’ll be better off
For all the tears I cried 
If I don’t fall in love so hard this time 

God help me I don’t mean to be a Doubter
Doubter ain’t no fun
I just can’t help it when I have to live without her
And our sweet love is on the run
Maybe I’ll be better off
For all the tears I cried 
If I don’t fall in love so hard this time

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DOUBTER

Written in '76 - Recorded in 2014
In 1976
Matt & I Were Buds & Sometimes Script-Writing Partners 
Matt Was Forever "Wlth-Screenplay" 
This Was Set In "The Village" In The '60s  
And Required An Early Dylan 'Type' Song
That Sounded Like A Fun Project...
Dylan Had Both 'Formed & Informed Me'
I Wrote This, The Next Day & 
Then Matt Got Acting Work  
And 'Young Bobby' Got Shelved 
And I Was Left With a Cool But Outdated Folk Song 
In The Disco Era
That Would've Gone Unheard 
Had I Not Added It To  'Almost Famous'  
Here's The 1977 Recording  
https://soundcloud.com/richardgoldman-music/change-it-all 
And This Video Is A 2014 Recording  
From 'The Bad Boy's Room' (My Office) 
In The Tower On Pickford Street  
Displaying A #HarveyReid (Now Shubb) Partial Capo  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeD5D_U7GPk  

And This Gorgeous Cover From Fellow Singer-Songwriter Daniel Weaver
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IEQP7rpNuUM4Y-RnCfJqe2eTKh4esoNK/view

CHANGE IT ALL

Chancey My Darlin'
It's Hard For Me To Say 
My Thoughts Are Getting Crazier 
With Each & Every Day
I'm Thinking That It's Over And
Wishin' It Was Not 
You've Tangled Up My Storyline
Twisted Up My Plot I'm
Blue Like A Lonely Train
Flaggin' Down That Midnight Rain

Tell It To The Ocean
Sing It To The Breeze
That All Of Man's Troubles
Come To Him In Threes
First Of All There's Money
Secondly There's Love
Third Of All Is The One They Call
All Of The Above
I'm Blue Like A Lonely Train
Flaggin Down That Midnight Rain
Change It All - Change It All - Change It All 
I Don't Care For Anything I See
Change It All - Change It All - Change It All 
Then Change It One More Time For Me

They'll Bury Me
Next To Leslie Gore
So She'll Always Be
The Girl Next Door 
And On A Roof In Buffalo
They'll Talk So Sly
Cos They Will Know The Truth About 
Leslie & I
Change It All - Change It All - Change It All 
I Don't Care For Anything I See
Change It All - Change It All - Change It All 
Then Change It One More Time For Me

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CHANGE IT ALL

There's No-Fi - Like Lo-Fi
Some 'Sound' Advice 
I've Been Writing & Recording Songs 
Since I Was 14 In 1964
When I Began 
I Couldn't Read Or Write Music
So In Order To Remember It 
I Had To Record It... 
In The 60's, It Was On A Reel-To-Reel 
By The Late '70s, I Realized 
I Had To Be My Own Favorite Artist  
And Keep Track Of The Songs I'd Written 
To Keep Me Company In My Old Age
So - This Is A Musical Diary Of My Life 
For The Last 60 Years
By Clicking "Playlists" 
You Can Follow A Progression
By The Decades

Richard Goldman

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