Farm

This song is based on the feeing that you are in the wrong place or in bad surroundings that don't make you feel good and you finally decide to make some changes and take steps to get closer to where you want to be.

Staring into nothing
Looking around me
It don’t feel right
Its more than I can take 
And not what I needed

Looking out for something
But not where I’m standing 
And I don’t feel nice
Got to change the feeling  
And get me away now tonight

Take me where the wind blows
When nothing’s going right
And it don’t feel kind
Take me where the wind blows
Till something’s turning round tonight 

Staring at the same thing
keeping me blinded
Where I don’t belong
Its less than I deserve
And its not what I wanted

I dream of any something 
Something that needs me
And it feels so right
Take me to the feeling
Take me away now tonight 
 
Take me where the wind blows
When nothing’s going right
And I don’t feel kind
Take me where the wind blows
Till something’s turning round tonight 

Staring into nothing
Looking around me
It don’t feel right
Its more than I can take 
And its not what I needed tonight

Take Me (Unplugged)

If you have experienced helping friends or loved ones through tough times or had support from others when you have been struggling to deal with things, then just remember that there is always hope :) 


Hold on
Take what I have and follow me
Stay with me 
Follow my lead 

Its our time
We can be what we want if we want to be
Don’t waste it
Its something we need

Why is it hard to carry on?
Why do we find it hard
Righting any wrong
Why can’t we see what’s going on
And take it slowly 

In a new light  
You can look back in time and think differently
Stay with me  
I’ll help you to breathe

Move on
We can leave things behind that we don’t want to see
I’ll be with you
If you want me to be
 
Why is it hard to carry on?
Why do we find it hard
Righting any wrong
Why can’t we see what’s going on
And take it slowly

Why is it hard staying strong?
Why do we find it hard
When its easy being wrong
Why can’t we see what’s going on
And take it slowly

Just hold on
Take what I have and follow me
Stay with me 
Follow my lead

Hold On

2010
Sounds Like A Mid-70's Wings Song
Or A 60's Stones 'Aftermath' Track
---
It Involves My Favorite Beatles Chord Change 
I Believe, D - Am In This Case
---

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 '10

2010 - ADULT 'SWIM' VERSION
It was 2010  
Two years after the first heart attack
I’m a block from my house when Cyndy Garvey
(Steve’s first wife & minor-celeb, herself - late 70s, early 80s)
We were at a 4-Way stop at Crescent Heights & Pickford
A block from my house… I was the first to enter the intersection
And Cyndy (Cynthia) drove her car... from a stop… 
Right into mine on the passenger side  
Cynthia was surprisingly vile & unkind 
as we exchanged info,
which fortunately was not hard for others/cops to see also 
----
When I got home I tried to decompress from the weirdness
That a dark-barbie type celebrity from the past
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… but when you’re 60 
it gets easier to forget what you did yesterday…
——
This track remains 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
---- 
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
Ouch! - The SoundCloud Algorithm Really Hates This
No Sense Of Humor
Recorded On & With 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

It's Crazy How Messed-Up Our Country Is...
When It Comes To Guns
---
The Gun Lobby... A Wicked Idea Unto Itself...
Obviously Owns Too Many Of Our Politicans
The Polls Tell Us Even Americans Have A Conscience
Folks With Working Brains Know
Nobody Wants To Take Away Guns
But Most People Think We Should
Be Able to Modify How Many Bullets 
The General Public Can Shoot Per Second
----
We Have Speed Limits For Driving



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 SHOOTING :(

Written and Performed by Cozmo Jethro and Crissy.
Beat by Villatic. https://soundcloud.com/villatic Remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Additional outro vox performed by our kids, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Adam Putnam, Tristan Paris, Merey Reed and Korey Reed.
Mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Album art pic of Crissy at her graduation ceremony, May 2025. 

Lyrics:
(Cozmo Jethro)
I wrote this song about a girl I know.
She overcame so much, yo here we go.

Growing up  in the 70s and 80s.
Had a tough time growin up in Spokane.
An absent father and an alcoholic mother.
Yea, she knew what it was to persevere.

She was married at age 17.
Two kids later, divorced at 19.
Had her third kid at age 21.
In another relationship with a struggling one.

This went on for 8 years.
Till she saw some fears,
He just couldn’t lay off the beers.

Now a single mom with 3 kids.
What an amazing job she did.

With street smarts and little education.
She started college, 30 years of dedication.
She still had to work and provide for the kids.
College start and stop, had to take care of her biz. 

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
As time went by she climbed the corporate ladder.
While raisin those kids, that girls a scrapper.
Then came kid number four with her life partner.
Another great kid for her to mentor.

All this time starting and stopping college.
Trying to get it done but it wasn’t happening.

She landed a job she had no business getting.
Only pharma rep in the country, no degree.
With positive attitude, gutsy, and scrappy.
She pulls off those amazing things.

All while working her tail off. Yea.
To provide for her family.

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Now she’s makin it big.
In the pharma gig.
Time to try for that degree again.
Finally.

George Fox University.
Full time pharma rep 
full time accelerated degree.

Somehow for two years she pulled it off.
Just graduated Magna Cum Laude.
2025, with a double degree.
That’s my girl, that’s my Crissy.
My scrappy, gutsy, smart beautiful wife.
Makin everything better for all our lives.
Took her 30 years to get that degree.
So proud of my wife, let’s celebrate, yipppeeee.
Whooooo Crissy, you did it girl! You got that degree, 30 years of perseverence. yaaa haaaa!
(Crissy)
Yea, by the grace of god, tenacity and manifestation, we made it happen.
(Lydia) Go Mom!
(Adam) Good job Mom!
(Tristan) Great work Mom!
(Merey and Korey) You did it Mom!

The Graduate (feat. Crissy) (beat. Villatic)

1978 
Talk About Your Song 'Pedigree' 
Elyse Weinberg - Tracy Newman & Richard Goldman  
I Brought This Unfinished Song 
Into A Writing Session With Tracy & Cori (Elyse)
More Than Likely To Show It Off
But It Ended-Up Undergoing 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
----
Oh, And... Don't You Think
The Frightfully Lame & Almost Child-Like Vocal Scream
Ironically Leading Into The Way Cool Guitar Solo -  Is Ironic? 

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

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 '78

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... 
---
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 '67

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

ALISON '67

Richard Goldman

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