The Spring of 1968... was strange
Murder for hire had taken two world icons 
MLK & RFK
and an arsonist burned down our high school
I was a suddenly cool senior just trying to pass English
With a spiteful english teacher #anniekoff
I kept a guitar at school 
In the office of the high school newspaper  
Just In case, you know... Girls  
One day, after school, the office was empty 
& I was strumming an odd chord progression 
and started jotting down words  
Next thing I knew, the room was filled 
& there was a meeting going on around me... 
I realized I'd been lost in the words to this song... 
I was verbally spanked by the editor of the paper, 
before slinking out of the room to an empty stairwell 
Where I quietly played & sang my new song to myself 
So I'd remember the melody 
Till I got home to tape it... this, in fact      

DURING THE DAYS OF DAD
He Knocks On The Door With His Free-hand
His Guitar Choked In His Right
He Awaits The Sight Of The Maiden
Whom He Left A Fortnight Before In The Rain
Then His Eyes Snap A Glimpse Of His Cause
As She Strides Towards His Limpid Surface
He Expects She’ll Stop In The Doorway
Where She Stopped So Often Before In The Rain

And The Reign Never Did Stop
During The Days Of Dad      
The Reign Never Did Stop
During The Days Of Dad 
The Reign Never Did Stop
           
He Feels Her Hands On His Young Back
As Her Surface Touches His Own
His Eyes Close In The Pain Of His Love
And Open Again To Gaze At The Son
But The Son Never Did Shine
During The Days Of Dad
The Son Never Could Shine
During The Days Of Dad
The Son Never Would Shine
During The Days Of Dad

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Richard Goldman's Album

DURING THE DAYS OF DAD

Thanks For Listening
I've Been Writing & Recording Songs 
Since 1964 - When I Was 14  
I Couldn't Read Or Write Music
So In Order To Remember It 
I Had To Record It 
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 - I Did & This SoundCloud Collection 
Is A 'Musical Diary' Of My Life 
For The Last 60 Years
By Clicking "Playlists" 
You Can Follow My 'Progressions'
By The Decades