1988  
This Was A Tascam 4-Track Recording 
I Was 38 & Supposedly A Grown-Up When I Wrote It 
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You Know How When
You Love An 'Old Flame' 
In A 'Dear & Friendly' Way
But You Also Wanna 
Get Back At Them A Little 
In A Dear & Friendly Way
For Having Had The 'Power' In The Relationship
Back In The Day?
Hasn't That Ever Happened To You?

NOT EXACTLY SURE 

Well, It’s Funny You Should Ask
And It’s Really Hard To Say
It Kinda Makes You Wonder 
Why We Bother Anyway
There Are Parts Of You To Cherrish
Worship & Adore
But You Ask Me If I Loved You
Well, I’m Not Exactly Sure

Nightime Always Seems So Peaceful
People Gotta Get Their Rest
You Know Most Folks Make An Effort 
To Go Out & Do Their Best
But You Think I’m Indecisive
You Know I'm Insecure 
And Now You Ask Me If I Love You
Well I’m Not Exactly Sure

The Farmer Watches TV
And The Actor Wants A Farm
We Want What We Ain’t Got 
And So We figure What’s The Harm? 

Well I Broke A Solemn Promise
That I Probably Made At Night
I Told Her She Would Know Me By 
The Songs That I Would Write
I Know It Must Sound Silly
It’s Been 20 Years Or More
But You Asked Me If I Loved You
And Now I’m Not Exactly Sure

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NOT EXACTLY SURE

Writen In 2010 (Age 60)
Recorded In 2012 
With The Help Of Doug Freeman On Bass 
You Can Hear His Fab Guitar Licks 
On The 'Dreadful Sorrow' CD Version On Spotify
This However Is An Early Mix - Pre-Electric
The Focus Is More On The Words
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This Is Very Much The Son-Of "The Goodyears"
I Recall Being Aware Of That - Only 15 Years Ago!
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The Title - Tagline - Came First
And The Melody Also Has Elements Of 'Goodyears'
But 'Goodyears' Tried To Entertain 
'Momma's Boy' Is A Bit Harsh & Paints The Picture Of A Preditor
Which Does Not Mix Well With Comedy
That Said - It's One Of My Best Lyrics
It's 'Endearingly Mean'

MOMMA'S BOY

He’s Sittin’ At 
The Hair & Nail Infirmary
All The Ladies Love Him 
But They’re 83
He Bought Roses For His Momma 
Just To Bring Her Joy
Every Day Is Mother’s Day 
For Momma’s Boy

He’s Dinin’ With The Early Birds 
At Le Cafe
When He Goes Out With Momma 
He Don’t Have To Pay
She’s In Her Second Childhood 
And He’s Her Favorite Toy
Every Day Is Mother’s Day
For Momma’s Boy

Momma’s Boy Does Momma’s Laundry
Momma’s Boy Makes Momma Lunch
He Puts Momma On A Budget
At The End Of Momma’s Month

He’s On His Knees 
At 'Coco’s' Lavatorium
With Food Disorder Issues 
Ad Nauseum
He’s Waiting For The Payoff 
He’ll Be Too Old To Enjoy
Every Day Is Mother’s Day  
For Momma’s Boy

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MOMMA'S BOY

LA '83  
40+ Years Ago
Bronson Canyon - Canyon Cove - Deena
I Was Doing Well - I Was 33
& Had A Comedy Game Show 
On TV In 'Syndication'  
So I Only Wrote A Few Songs That Year
This Was Among Them...
Fast-Forward To The Present 
75 Y/O Me Discovers This Unfinished Wordplay
And While Deciding If This Almost Song Was Worth Posting
I Finally Get That Image Of Where I Was When I Wrote It
And Immediately Remembered Who & What It Was All About 
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I Tend To Avoid Telling People 
What I Need To Tell Them & Instead
Write A Song No One Hears For 40 Years
But I Say Too Much...
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RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

I Wish To Thank-You For The
Things That You Said About Me
Lord Knows I Guess
I Musta Had It Coming
It's A Real Education
Just Listening To You Talk About Me
I Gotta Notion We Should Have It Out - Have It Out
Right Here, Right Now
What's The Matter With?
Right Here, Right Now
What's The Matter With?
Right Here, Right Now Now Now....

I Have To Tell Ya That
The Fact Of The Matter 
Is A Matter Of Opinion
Not A Matter Of Fact
And When You Get Right Down
To The Real Mumbo-Jumbo
We Could Take It To The Cleaners
Or Do It Right - Do It Right
Right Here, Right Now
What's The Matter With?
Right Here, Right Now
What's The Matter With?
Right Here, Right Now Now Now....

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RIGHT HERE/RIGHT NOW

Written, Howled & Bashed In 2013
I'm Bashing At My Unplugged Epiphone Casino
For Most Songwriters 
A 12-Year Old Song 
Would Be An Oldie
But When The Writer's An 'Oldie'
I'm Currently 75 
So A Song Written At Age 63 
Is Kind Of A 'New Song'...
I Think I Had No Idea If It Was Any Good 
(It Sounded Like "Sunny Day D'Artagnan"
A Song Of Mine - From 1968)
But I 
So I Just Sang & Played It  "Live" To My 
20-Year Old "Photo Booth" App On My Computer

LIVING ON THE MOON

Every Time You Look At Me
Every Time You Smile
Makes Me Want To Laugh & Stay Awhile
Some Day’s Are Crazy
Monday’s Coming Soon
Think I Want To Go Live On The Moon

But In The Ways That Matter
Do I Even Care
Do I Even Breathe The Same Air
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Can You Do It Soon 
Can We Both Go Live Up On The Moon

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LIVING ON THE MOON

2011 - Written With The Amazing Dee Archer

Dee & I Had A Blast Writing This 
Very Much Together
We Both Have Recordings - google them 
This Recording However - Is About Performance  
I Hear Myself Trying To Play A Solid Rhythm 
For ZERO Other Instruments?
And Problem Is... There's Serious Dolby Hiss Reduction 
Reducing Both Guitar & Vocal 'Natural Ring'
So, Of Course, I Play & Sing Real Good 
Hi, Mom!

LIKE YESTERDAY

Wake-Up, Wake-Up, You’re Gonna Be Late
Tomorrow Just Turned Into Today
Here Comes Another Chance To Get
Life Right – Just Once
It Doesn't Matter What You Did Wrong
Or If You've Been A Kid All Along
It's Time To Rise & Shine & Get Life Right 
Just Once

It Looks Like Yesterday 
But Its Not - No It's Not
It’s A Brand New Opportunity
It’s Whole New Shot
It’s A Lot Like Yesterday…
But It's Not

Sit-Up, Sit-Up & Get Out Of Bed
It’s Time To Get Outside Of Your Head
Today’s The Day You’re Gonna Get Life Right 
Just Once
Last Night You May Have Been A Jerk
But Who Knows Today You Might Make It Work
You Gotta Figure You Can Get Life Right 
Just Once

It Looks Like Yesterday 
But It’s Not
Don’t Miss This Opportunity
It’s A Whole New Shot
It’s A Lot Like Yesterday

Today, Is What Tomorrow Brings
Today, Can Be A Thousand Things
Today, Doesn’t Look It's Age
Today, You Can Turn The Page
Today, You Get Another Look
Today, Is Like An Open Book
Today, Today, Today, Today, Today

Wake-Up, Wake-Up You’re Gonna Be Late
Tomorrow Just Turned Into Today
Here Comes Another Chance To Get
Life Right – Just Once

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LIKE YESTERDAY

1978  
Home Recording 
On My Reel-To-Reel Tape Deck
I Wrote The Lyrics First
On A Plane From LA To NYC
In An Attempt To Impress A Girl
It Did Not
This Turned Out To Be 
An Excellent 'Live' Song
In 1979, It Was My Nod To 
The 'New Wave' Thing Going On In LA
I Enjoyed Playing & Singing It 
As Fast As I Could 
Here's A Link To That 
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/soviet-soviet-79-m
And Hey - I Love Elvis Costello!

SOVIET SOVIET

Airliner Carry Me To Soviet, Soviet
Explain Me As Some Crazy Russian Singer Singing
Nyet Nyet Nyet, Soviet, Soviet
All I Wanna Do Is Get Inside

Wait In Line For The Soviet Soviet
People Never Wanted To 
People Never Wanted To Learn

Sunshine So Communist Communist
People Never Bother To 
People Never Bother To Learn

Selling Out To The Soviet, Soviet
Yes I Wanna Be That Russian Rock & Roller Singing
Nyet Nyet Nyet, Soviet, Soviet
All I Wanna Do Is Be Inside

Serfs Up In The Soviet, Soviet
People Never Bother To 
People Never Bother To Learn

Nureyev So Daddy-O Daddy-O
People Never Needed To
People Never Needed To Learn

So Airliner Carry Me To Soviet Soviet
Exchange Me For Fome Russian Rocker Fella Singing
Nyet Nyet Nyet, Soviet, Soviet
All I Wanna Do Is Get Inside...

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SOVIET SOVIET

1980

Not Every Song Feels Like A Cosmic Gift 
But This Did
At The Time
I Was Working On A Few Songs
And Felt Like An Open-Faucet Of Songs
'Mary' Was Birthed In The Time It Took To Sing It
And Came So Easily 
That I Didn't Take It's Simple Elegance Seriously 
My Bad - I Do Now
And I Love The Phil Spektor Wall Of Crickets
Outside My Edinburgh Avenue  
Courtyard Apartment
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This Originated As A 'Live' Piano/Vocal 
Condenser Mic Cassette Recording
That I Added A Harmony Vocal To 
When Transferring The Track To 1/4 Inch Tape 
Big Hugs To The Muse - Mary Bergin
And Finally - As A Kid - I Was A Fan Of
The James Cagney Film, 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'
There's A 'Mary' Song That I Always Loved... and maybe borrowed from
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MARY

Yellow Moon So Broken-Hearted
Shining Up Above
Can You Finish What You Started
And Help Her Fall In Love
Mary Oh Mary
I Wait For Your Touch
I Want You So Much
Mary Oh Mary
I’ve Given It All

I Could Want The Seven Seas
With Waves Of Perfect Love
But If I Knew 
You Wanted Me, Then
That Would Be Enough
Mary Oh Mary
I Wait For Your Touch
I Want You So Much
Mary Oh Mary
I’ve Given It All

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MARY

Recorded In 1975 At 'Sound City' 
In Van Nuys, California
With The Help Of Legendary, Dan Dugmore i
Piano & Pedal Steel Guitar
Kenny Edwards - Bass
They Were Amazing 

Previously, I've Been Unable To Post This Remix 
Due To Complications With Numero 
But Now That Outlaws Run The Country
I Figured It's 'Anything Goes 'Time 
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DANCER

Dancer, Dancer 
With Your Eyes Of Blue
Listen To the Patter Of 
A Lazy Tune
The Kind You Heard
When Your Dad Was Here
He Used To Make Your Little Frowns
Disappear
It's Feather Soft 
Like Your Father's Kiss
Your Life Is Mine 
But Your Eyes Are His
Your Tiny Hands 
Wrap Around My Thumb
We'll Live Without A Man 
And Let Those Changes Come
I'll Listen To You
I'm Gonna Listen With My Heart 
You're Gonna See It In My Eyes
Listen To You
Talk About The Lovers &
Laugh About The Lies
Listen To You

Dancer, Dancer
With Your Eyes Of Blue
It Cannot Mean 
That Much To You
But Hearts Are Broken 
Needlessly
And Jesus Ain't The Savior
He Used To Be
Everybody's Gotta 
Hold Their Own
You Go Outside & 
Leave Your Trust At Home
Your Mama Hasn't Lived
Her Life That Way
And Baby Won't Be Makin'
The Same Mistake
I'll Listen To You
I'm Gonna Listen With My Heart 
You're Gonna See It In My Eyes
Listen To You
Talk About The Lovers &
Laugh About The Lies
Listen To You

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DANCER

1972 – Home Demo 
Recorded On Reel-To-Reel Tape
I Taught Myself Piano By Writing Songs 
And Learning How To Play Them
This Seems Like Many Lifetimes Ago
But 'Dancer' Was Only A Couple Of Years Later

THE NEXT DANCE WITH YOU

There’s Method To My Madness
No Sorrow To My Sadness
Babe I Know I’m Just As Sane As You
Sweet Songs Say I’ve Loved You 
But They’re Not Worth Their Rhymes
I Could Sing ‘Em Till I Saw You
And Babe I’d Still Be Blind
I Want The Loving 
That You Got Down In Your Heart
I Want The Next Dance With You  
Oh Lord, The Next Dance With You 

There’s Trouble In My Pocket
And Liquor On My Breath
The Women I’ve Been Seeing Ain’t Been Saints
And If My Thoughts Don’t Met Me 
My Loneliness Will Try
It’s Just That Hard 
To Keep Ya Off My Mind
I Want The Loving 
That You Got Down In Your Heart
I Want The Next Dance With You  
Oh Lord, The Next Dance With You 

Twenty-Two The Hard Way
I’ll Stay For One More Roll
I Think My Luck Is Turning For The Good
Take Me To Your 'Change Of Heart'
She’s A Friend Of Mine
Old Friends Make New Ones 
All The Time
I Want The Loving 
That You Got Down In Your Heart
I Want The Next Dance With You - Oh Lord
The Next Dance With You 

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THE NEXT DANCE WITH YOU

2016

The Relentless Journey To Old-Age Is Such That...
I Was 66 When I Did This
I'm 75 Now & Have No Idea What's It's About 
Or Any Recollection Of Doing It
BUT, It's Fair To Say...
It's 'Based On A True Story'
And I Had A Lot Of Fun Doing It 
You Can Hear It
And My New York "Floor" Flaw?
After A Half-Century In LA
And Now In 2025 It Sounds Like 
A TV-Show Theme
I'm Almost Doing Mick Jagger
The Riff 
I Was Probably Trying To Impress My Kids, Edison & Atticus
Atticus Is A Cellist & Edison A Bassist 
Who Loves 'Snaking' Bass-Lines
And I Love The Way I Sing 'Ken"
And I Did Not Kill Him!

WHO DROPPED A PENNY?

Time Was Once
I Remember When
It Was Now 
And Now Was Then
She Was Barbie
So I Killed Ken
Who Dropped A Penny?
Who Dropped A Penny On The Floor?
Who Dropped A Penny?
Who Dropped A Penny On The Floor?

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WHO DROPPED A PENNY?

Thanks For Listening
I've Been Writing & Recording Songs 
Since Age 14 In 1964   
I Couldn't Read Or Write Music
So In Order To Remember My Songs
I Had To Record Them 
By The Late '70s, I Realized 
I Had To Be My Own Favorite Artist  
And Keep Track Of The Songs I'd Written 
Who Knew They'd Keep Me Company In My Old Age?
This Collection Is A 'Musical Diary' 
Of My Life For The Last 60 Years
By Clicking "Playlists" 
You Can Follow My 'Progressions'
By The Decades

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