1967
This Was Recorded On 
A Realistic (Radio Shack) 
Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
In My Bedroom - Even The Hiss Has Charm 
I Double-Tracked Both My Vocal & Guitar
I Was 17 - A High-School Senior 
I Originally Wrote This 
For The High-School Poetry Journal 
And For The Girls Who Might Read It 
Plus - It Looked Good On College Applications
And Eventually, Handed It In As A Poem 
To My English Teacher For Extra-Credit
The Meanest Of The Mean - Annie Koff
Actually Liked This One - B+
One Comment She Made In Red Pen Was...
 "Swim Lessons?"

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'Glass Island' Song Recipe:

1 Bit Of Donovan 
2/3 Bit Paul Simon 
A Drizzle Of McCartney
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UPON SIGHTING GLASS ISLAND

Here I Float
Glass Bottom Boat
Careful Not To Tip It
Can’t Swim
Eyes Of Wool
Got Pockets Full 
Fish Don’t Pull 
Or Tug My Line
Sighting Glass Island 
On The Port Bow
Shading My Eyes 
With All My Know-How

Island Grows
I Suppose
Nestle Closer 
To Her Shore
Want To Fly
Glass Bottom Sky
Friendly Face 
On Glass I.
Sighting Glass Island 
From Up Close Now
Feeling Sand Settle 
Into My Brow

Ride The Waves
See Her Wave
And I Know
 It Wont Be Long Now
Sighting Glass Island 
From Upon It
The Best Time To See It's
When You're On It

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UPON SIGHTING GLASS ISLAND

"Live" 1988 - I Was 38 - Married 2 Years 
Living & Working In Hollywood
As A Television Game-Show Producer
For Group W Productions  
The 'W' Was Westinghouse
From Refrigerators To Bombs
To "Every Second Counts" 
A Syndicated Comedy-Game Show
That Had Modest Success In America
But Ran for 7 Years In England
But When I Wasn't Looking For 
TV Game-Show Work
I Was 'Booking Gigs' 
At Clubs Like 'Cafe Largo'  
Across From Canter's On Fairfax
In West Hollywood, Ca
At The Time There Weren't Many Places For 
The Likes Of Me In LA
Largo Was One & On This Night
I Opened For A Band Called "Show Of Hands" 
I Played Well - Had Fun & Performed Beyond Expectations 
But...The 'Show Of Hands' Crowd
Started To Pile-In - Around 9-ish  
Just As I Received This Encore Request 
From A Friend In the Audience     
As You Can Hear
I Play It Quickly... 
I Can Feel The Room 
Turning Into A Train Station
So I'm Singing (Arguably) My Best Song 
As Fast As I Can 
Because I Know I'm Losing The Room... 
And Want It To Be Over As Soon As Possible... 
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I Have Several Recordings Of This Song
But This One Gives Me Goosebumps
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A Longtime Friend & Occassional Song Collaborator
The Remarkable Tracy Newman 
Has a Beautiful Cover Recording Of This 
You Can Find It Here:
https://soundcloud.com/tracy-newman/thats-what-love-can-do-to-your-heart?in=tracy-newman/sets/thats-what-love-can-do

And It's A Newman - Not Sure Which
Who Can Be Heard Singing Along 
During The Chorus'
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The Device That Recorded This
Was A Hand-Held Condenser-Mic Cassette
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Thanks, Jimmy - For Preserving Me
And My 'Rick Nelson Adjustment'

THAT’S WHAT LOVE CAN DO TO YOUR HEART

It Ain’t Everyday 
You Cry Like A Baby
It Ain’t Everyday 
You Feel Like You’re A Clown
It Ain’t Everyday You Lose 
Everything That You Live For
And Watch As Your Whole World 
Comes Tumblin’ Down

It’s As Simple As A Bird 
Outside Your Window
It’s As Simple As a Teardrop 
In Your Eye
It’s As Simple As The Sweet Kiss 
You’re Never Gonna Give Her
The Door Is Closed & 
She Just Said Goodbye
That’s What Love Can Do 
To Your Heart
Doesn’t Matter If You’re Tall 
Or If You’re Smart
That’s What Love Can Do 
To Your Heart
Tear You Up & 
Break Your Little World Apart

You Got Friends To Help You Through 
All The Hurting
You Got Friends To Tell Ya 
That She Was So Bad
You Got Friends To Take You Places 
You Don’t Really Wanna Go To &
Forget The Sweetest Thing You Ever Had

All The Bright Lights & The Booze 
Won’t Make You Happy
All The Good Times That You Looked For
Won’t Be There
All The Yesterdays You Loved Her 
Won’t Mean Anything Tomorrow
There Just Memories That 
No One Else Can Share
That’s What Love Can Do 
To Your Heart
Doesn’t Matter If You’re Tall 
Or If You’re Smart
That’s What Love Can Do 
To Your Heart
Tear You Up & 
Break Your Little World Apart

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THAT'S WHAT LOVE CAN DO TO YOUR HEART

Written & Recorded In 1994 
I Was 44 & 3 Years Into Being A Dad 
And A Friend Of Almost 20 Years
Was Getting Married & I Was Known For 
Giving Songs As Wedding Gifts 
I Knew This One Was Good 
But It Wasn't Really Them
So I Wrote Another...
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/theyve-got-to-be-crazy

Which Again, Alley-Wise, Was More Up Mine... Than Theirs 
Over The Years, I've Fallen In Love With This Recording 
The Everly's "Walk Right Back" Was A Big Influence
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On This Tascam 4-Track Cassette Recording 
I Live Mic'd My Gibson Hollow-Body
Like An Acoustic Guitar
So It Sounds Half-Guitar & Half-Badminton Racket 
Extremely Unplugged 
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Serious Hugs To Frankie & Shante
I Sent This Outtake To Them ... Some Years Later
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Feel Free To Note: 
Near The End Of The Track 
A Background Vocal 
Anticipates A Second 'Bridge' Section 
'Marchin' (to the tune of)'
And Then Says 'Sorry' On Mic 
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I Did This! 

THEY’RE GETTING MARRIED TODAY

The Day Arrives 
And The Date’s Been Set
I’ll Be Surprised If
They Don’t Get 
A Little Carried Away
They’re Getting Married Today

It Still Seems Strange That
Once They Were Strangers
Now They’re Joined For
All Of The Ages  
Man What Can You Say
They’re Getting Married Today

Marching To The Tune Of
Something Known As True Love

For Some It’s Such A
Common Occasion
For These Two It’s The
Birth Of A Nation
If They Cry It’s Okay
They’re Getting Married Today

Skip The Vows 
Hey iI’s Just A Suggestion
I Don’t Know Why 
They Even Ask Them The Question
You Know What They’ll Say
They’re Getting Married Today

Marching To The Tune Of
Something Known As True Love
If They Cry It’s Okay
They’re Getting Married Today

The Day Arrives 
And The Date’s Been Set
I’d Be Surprised If
They Don’t Get 
A Little Carried Away
They’re Getting Married Today

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THEY'RE GETTIN' MARRIED TODAY

Written & Recorded On Reel To Reel In 1977 
The Home Demo - This Was The First Pass
This Catchy Song, Was Buried
So The Songwriter Would Not Be
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No Rhymes Even Attempted In The Verse
This Was Kinda Punk & Edgy For Me
----
But Hey - Why Not Be Edgy 
If No One's Gonna Hear It?

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THE ONLY THING I COULD DO

Can't Imagine Anything As Crazy 
As Falling In Love With You
But I Would've Been Crazy
If I Stayed Away
There Was No Decision 
I Loved Beyond Reason
I'm A Slave To My Heart
No Matter Where It Takes Me To
It's True  
It Was The Only Thing I Could Do
It Was The Only Thing I Could Do
The Only Thing I Could Do

Can't Believe I Never Picked-Up On 
Your Love For Me
I Can't Believe How Long
I Waited To Hear That
The First Was A Killer
The Next One Was Better
Now I'm Lost In Your Eyes
No Matter Where It Takes Me To
It's True  
It Was The Only Thing I Could Do
It Was The Only Thing I Could Do
The Only Thing I Could Do

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ONLY THING I COULD DO

1978  

This Recording Was Originally 
A 'Live' Piano/Vocal From A Show 
I Added A Harmony Vocal Later At Home
Just So I Could Hear It - Without Singing... Anyway...
This Turns Out To Be The Only 
Existing Recording Of This Song 
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So - A Woman Picked Me-Up After A Gig  
She Seemed Like She Was From A Smarter Planet Than I Was 
I Was Impressed With Her & At Some Point Bragged 
I Could Write A Song-A-Day
Due To Her Work, Our Next Meet-Up
Would Be In A Week 
So She Expected 7 New Songs...
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It Was A Dare 
But I Felt It Was A 'Fair-Cop'
And Possibly The Price I Had Pay 
For A Fling With A Lady From Another Planet
'No Baby That's Alright'
Was Part Of That Batch Of 7 Songs
---
Indeed - When We Re-Connected A Week Later
She Was Surprisingly Less-Interested 
In Both Me & My Musical Output
---
Even Back Then - At Age 28
The Signs Were Everywhere...
That I Was & Would Always Be 
My Own Biggest Fan - Because I Had to Be
If I Was Gonna Write songs For Another 50 Years
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NO BABY, THAT'S ALRIGHT

Half-A-Million Tears In A Moment 
Maybe It Was Something You Said
Now You Think You Really Hurt Me 
Basically That's Just What I Said
I Got You Looking Out Someone's Window
I'll Give You Moonlight
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Give You Anything
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Make Your Dreams Come
No Baby That's Alright
I Got You Looking Out Someone's Window

Half-A-Million Tears In A Moment 
Maybe It Was Something You Said
Now You Think You Really Hurt Me Baby
Basically That's Just What I Said
I Got You Looking Out Someone's Window
I'll Give You Moonlight
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Make Your Dreams Cum
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Give You Anything
No Baby That's Alright
I Got You Looking Out Someone's Window

I'll Bring You Flowers
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Take Your Showers
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Fake A Passport
No Baby That's Alright
Cos Now I'm Looking-Out Someone's Window
I'll Give You Moonlight
No Baby That's Alright
I'll Do You Anything
No Baby That's Alright
That's Alright

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NO BABY, THAT'S ALRIGHT

1979 - Shout-Out To Robert Roll (Friend & Script Collaborator)
 For The Fab Foto - Authentically, 1979 
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'THAT NIGHT' Sounds Like A 1970s Who 'Single'
I Also Hear A Bit Of 'Petty' In The Chorus
Since The Original Title Was "That Night" 
And Since I Wrote It - I'm Officially Changing It Back
The Term 'Killing Time' Has Come To Be So Mis-Read
This Version Of 'That Night' (Nee 'Killing Time') 
Was Recorded About 5 Years Ago
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Clearly - Back In 1979  
This Was A Bit Too Frank...
And Never Really Saw The Light Of Day... 
I Did However Like It Enough To 'Play It Out' 
And Started Performing It By 1980 
When The Smoke, As It Were...Had Cleared
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This Is Possibly As Good As I Get... Lyrically
Yet It's Just Another Humble-Brag Diary Entry...
Based On A True Story
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THAT NIGHT (Nee: KILLIN" TIME)

It Wasn’t A Bad Night, That Night
Just Wasn’t All That Good
And When I Tried To Talk To You About It
I Didn’t Think I Could

We Were Staring At Stop-Lights, That Night
With Nothing To Say
And When I Turned To Look At You Baby
You Just Looked Away
Baby, You Just Looked Away

Cos Even The Waitress Could Tell
By The “Go Away” Look In Your Eyes
Even Your Husband Could Tell
We Were Both, Just Killing Time

We Came Back To My Place, That Night
Fell Down In My Bed
We Said All The Same Things, That Night
That We Always Had Said

And I Believed Them All, That Night
Bought Every Word
And How We Could Do It, That Night
Was Just So Totally Absurd
Yes, It Was Sooo Absurd

Cos Even The Waitress Could Tell
By The “Go Away” Look In Your Eyes
Even Your Husband Could Tell
We Were Both, Just Killing Time

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THAT NIGHT / KILLIN' TIME

Written In 1982
Piano/Vocal Recorded 'Live' 
In A Studio In The Valley
(Note - Facts Only As Good As My Memory)

My Childhood Friend, Richard Meyer 
Worked For "Fast-Folk" Magazine
Which Was 'Thee' 1970s Folk Music Magazine 
But Was Limping Along In The 80's 
Keeping Track Of The Greenwich Village Folk-Scene
And Had A Certain Cache In The Folk World
At Year's End, The Magazine Provided 
A Compilation Of Newly Recorded Songs 
For Magazine Subscribers
Which Were Basically... Compilations Of People & Songs 
Richard Loved - He Was The First To Record Suzanne Vega 
& Countless Others - Sadly Richard Died 
Over A Decade Or So Ago Of Parkinsons 
But Was Quite Brilliant In The Late 90s
To See The Internet Coming & The Need
To Get The Smithsonian Involved  
To Preserve HIS Fast-Folk Recordings
In the 21'st Century 
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As I Recall The Session Happened Around 1987 
Richard Was Putting Together A West Coast Fast-Folk Record
And I Believe Richard Had Asked Me To Play 'The Goodyears'
I Showed-Up With Deborah Holland To Sing The Harmony
We Found A Stand-Up Bass Player
Denny Croy & Recorded Goodyears 
After That 
Richard Asked Me To Hang-Out & 
Do Another Tune Later  
That Turn Out To Be This - Love Calling 
Which Had Been His Favorite Goldman Song
And Even I Was Shocked That The First Pass 
At This Four-Minute Piano-Thumper
Went So Well - I Was Vamping At The End 
For What Seemed Like Forever 
When I Looked-Up To The Control Room & 
Saw Richard Who Was Far From A Demonstrative Person
Standing Behind The Board Dancing & Waving For Me
To Keep Playing... 
Later I Had Said To Him... 'This Isn't A Folk Song'
He Whispered Back 'It's My Favorite Song Ever...'
It Appeared On Fast-Folk's Last Record 
"Lost In The Works"  Released In 1989?ish
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LOVE CALLING

There She Stood Like 
Something’s On Her Mind Like 
What’s A Girl To Do
She’s Usually Shy But
When She Caught Your Eye She 
Had To Speak To You 
You Look So Familiar 
Like Someone She Once Knew
But He’s Gone & No One Can
Take His Place
And You Seem To Have 
A Familiar Face
I Hear Love Calling  
I Hear Love Calling 
I Hear Love Calling 
But It Could Be The Hillside Strangler
Love Calling  
Love Calling

What’s His Problem She
Wonders Out Loud He
Seems To Be So Cool
Is He One-In-A-Million Or
An Innocent Civilian Or
Just Your Basic Fool
Is He The Exception
Or Is He Just The Rule
But He’s Gone & No One Can 
Take His Place
And You Just Have 
A Familiar Face
I Hear Love Calling  
I Hear Love Calling 
I Hear Love Calling 
But It Could Be The Hillside Strangler
Love Calling – I Hear Love Calling

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LOVE CALLING

1988 
For X-Mas My Fabulous Wife 
Gave Me A Tascam 4-Track Cassette Recorder  
A Home-Recording Game Changer  
So Light & Travel Friendly 
That I Took It On A Winter-Weekend In The Mountains & Made This 
I Was Trying-Out A New Piece Of Equipment 
I Didn't Have Anything To Say
I Wasn't Trying To Make Art  
I Was Simply Trying To Learn A New Machine 
And Somehow Told My Life Story  
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Cool Stuff Happens 
When You Least Expect It 
My Uh, Fabulous Wife 
Has Never Been A Big Fan Of This One
Having Been A Foil In Verse Three
I Hope She'll Make Peace With It 
I'm Entertaining Myself 
I'm Singing A Bit Like Gram Parsons 
My Casual Chatty Style Is My Childhood Hero, Rick Nelson
The Guitar Licks Are Simple, Like John Fogerty 
And This Sounds Like The End Credits Song  Of My Life

CHAIN LINK FENCE

Well, If The World Was Such A Wicked Place
God Only Knows 
Why A Dog Would Catch A Tennis Ball?
Why Would We Have Woody?  
Or Even Sam Goody?
It’s A Wonder That We’re Sad At All
I Remember When Debbie Said 
She Wanted New Shoes
I Remember That It Made 
A Lot Of Sense
But Its Nothing Like 
Four Or Five Inches Of Snow
Piled High-Upon A
Chain Link Fence

Daddy Told Me I Was Crazy 
Momma Knew That He Was Right
But She Didn’t Let On Too Much
I Wasn’t Gonna Listen 
I Was Packin-Up The Gibson
Goin-Out To Try The Goldman Touch
Well You Can Rock 
And You Can Roll It 
But You Never Can 
Control It
Cause It Doesn’t Make 
A Lick Of Sense
When You’re Lookin At 
Four Or Five Inches Of Snow
Piled High-Upon A 
Chain Link Fence

There’s An Old Proverb 
From A Guy Named Herb
Who Really Said It Best
Girls & Boys 
Make A Lot Of Noise
But Life Makes All The Rest

We Were A-Huggin & A-Grabbin  
In A Cozy Little Cabin
In A Town I Like To Call 
Pine Cove
Had A Run-In With A Local  
Who Got A Little Vocal
Bout The Way 
My Little Woman Drove
Any Similarity 
To Actual Reality
Is Purely A Coincidence
When You’re Looking At 
Four Or Five Inches Of Snow
Piled High-Upon A 
Chain Link Fence

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CRY BABY, YEAH

1992

THEY’VE GOT TO BE CRAZY

They’ve Got To Be Crazy 
The Odds Are Against Them
Some Of Their Friends Show 
A Reasonable Doubt
Who Do They Think They Are 
Laurel & Hardy?
These Aren’t Things 
That Just Work Themselve’s Out
Has Anyone Heard About Love?
Nobody Mentions That Four Letter Word 
Quite Enough
Love

They’ve Got To Be Crazy 
They’re Both Just So Different
They’re Looking For Trouble 
There Isn’t A Doubt
Who Are They Kidding? 
it’s Almost Nonsensical
These Aren’t Things 
That Just Work Themselve’s Out
Has Anyone Heard About Love?
Nobody Mentions That Four Letter Word 
Quite Enough
Love

Some Folks Get Married 
Cos They Think It’s Smart 
Then There Are The Fools 
That Just Follow Their Heart

They’ve Got To Be Crazy 
To Love One Another
Like They Love Each Other 
it’s Easy To See
If I Was A Betting Man 
I’d Bet Me A Bundle
They'd Live Ever After 
So Happily
Has Anyone Heard About Love?
Nobody Mentions That 
FourLetter Word Quite Enough 
Love

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THEY'VE GOT TO BE CRAZY

Thanks For Listening
I've Been Writing & Recording Songs 
Since Age 14 In 1964   
In Order To Remember Them
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 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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