Thinking 2010ish
I'm Singing With Fab Wife & Phil Fanatic 
Christie Mellor (Doozy)
The "Phil Phil Phil" Section 
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
I Remember The Rehearsal Sounded So Good
I Knew I Should Tape It - Because
It Would Only Get Sloppier - As The Night Wore On

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

Written, freestyled, performed, mixed, and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro.
Produced by Charles Nasty Day with Adina Howard samples and samples from "I Like It."  Low end percussion loop added by Cozmo Jethro.
Cover art by Cozmo Jethro using Microsoft Designer.
Released October 25, 2025.


Lyrics:

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)

Yi, yo Cozmo. 
Whud up?
Turn my levels up, ya know.
You got it!
About that time.
Yiii! I wanna go to the club, it’s time to get my groove on.
Aight, I’ll kick a lil somethin. And you kick a lil somethin. 
Hell yea!
Let go!

(Nasty Tha Mc)

Somethin what we are. Funky.
Somethin what we be. Fun.
Some hip hop junkies. (Ha ha yea.)
That be nice and smooth. O my!

Gosh. Right now, just listen up. Oh yea, right now.
Just turn it up, yea to what loud.
What it be, ya hear what I’m sayin, owww!

Ring baby, ya got me feelin good.
Stiff baby, what she got me now.
Do what it do for the night. Man.
Check it out, I’m a naughty ass man. 

Been like this since I was a little one. (O my).
Can’t freakin lie, do you get me uh huh. (Uh huh).
Cozmo what I be right there now. (I know).
In my zone oh yea right now (I know).

Uh uh uh fa fa fa fast. 
Yea, get me in my ish right now.
Do I what I do like nobody.
Jed are you hear what I’m sayin. Uh.
Hey yea, that girl over there lookin fly.
That dime piece, what I’m talkin bout o my. (ummmm).

Just a little bit of mary jane.
To do what it do keep my brain yea sane.

(Cozmo Jethro)

Yo, Nasty whud up?
I’m fixin to rock the cut.
You talkin bout a dime piece over there?
Shiiit, that’s my wife, hands off, man.

I know we up in the club.
And you wanna get Nasty with someone.
I also know you’d never hit on my woman.
But I see you, l l l lookin.

It’s all good man, I trust ya.
And I know my wife would never do nothin.
Let me introduce you to this girl over here.
I’ve known her for a good few years.

She lives the hip hop lifestyle.
Yo homie, go kick some game, show me.

(Nasty Tha Mc)

Let me clear my throat.
Shit girl, can I say somethin?
You got a body like Cozmo’s wife.
Shhh, you bangin right? Mm.

Smooth what I be.
Criminal like that, can’t you see?
Let’s hit the floor.
Do what it do, o my gosh, o lord!

Afterwards, maybe hey. 
Hit your place, oh yea, you get me by the way.
Yo Cozmo, I cant’ lie.
You hooked me up with fresh yea dime. 

(Cozmo Jethro)

Anything for my homie.
Yiii. (ah ah ha ha)
Yo Nasty. Me, you, Crissy, and Michelle.
Gonna have to meet here next week, hell yea! Ha ha, yeaaaa.

A Club Story (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Warm gravity

1977 - Recorded At Home 
On A Reel-To-Reel Tape Deck
Sometimes I Just Wanna Say... I Did That!!
This Is As Good As I Get
It Began With A 'Live' Piano/Vocal Track
And Then Three Overdubs - Which Included
Two More Vocals & A Second Piano
FAQ - Why Did You Whisper The Vocal?
So - In 1977, We Lived In Primitive Times
When It Came To Home Sound-On-Sound Recordings
With Each Addition Of A New Track
The Original Track - In This Case - The Vocal 
Would Diminish - Both In Volume & Quality
The More I Added - The More The Vocal
Would Get Buried Further In The Mix
There's Also 30 Years Of Tape 'Drop-Outs'
And With All That... 
On This 'Pass' At 'Kay Lynn'
The Emotion Seems Audible 
The Piano Is Relatively In Tune
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I Didn't Want To Use Kay Lynn's Real Name
Nor Did I Want To Use My "Place-Holder' Name
Kay Lenz - An Actress We Both Had A Crush On
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So, Finally...
I Sing The Bridge An Octave Too High
Which Is A Clear "Tell"
That This Is The 'First Pass' 
At Recording This Song
It's Become A Heartwarming Quirk 
----
This Magical Recording
Is Better In Headphones
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The Way The Three-Part Harmony 
Swells In The Chorus
Much Like The Beatles 'Because'
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And The D-Chord With An 'A' Bass
Very Brian Wilson
And Finally... A Five-Note Cello Line!
Played On Piano 
The Younger Of My Sons Is A Cello Wizzard
I'm Hoping He Hears This One...
The Older Son Majored In 'Bass' At College 
I'm Pretty Sure He'll Like This One
Because When We (Kay Lynn & I) 
All Grew-Up
My Son Was A Math Tutor 
For Kay Lynn's Daughter
And Apparently A Good One...
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And Finally,
Some Goldman Fans Will Hear Echoes Of 1974's 'Sleepyhead' 
And Others... May Hear Harbingers Of 
1978's 'Desdemona's 'Alright' Chorus
Lineage Is Important - It Adds Context
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Finally - In The Early 70s 
I Listened To A Lot Of Ry Cooder
And He Kind Of Introduced Me To 
What Would Become Called 'Americana'
And Specifally Stephen Foster Type Songs
And There Was Always Something 
Charmingly Awkward & With Simple & Direct Phrasings
Which Sounds Like I'm Describing 'Kay Lynn'
So It's My Stephen Foster Song!
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Stay Strong - Living With A Madman, Is Maddening






KAY LYNN

I Took You In 
When I Was Lonely  
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn
Now I Have To Let You Go 
Your Own Way
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn 
Lowlights – Highlights  
And All Those Good Nights
Lowlights – Highlights 
And All Those Good Nights

And When I Call You 
Will We Cry? 
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn
All The Tears We Thought 
That We Had Passed By 
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn
Lowlights – Highlights  
And All Those Good Nights
Lowlights – Highlights  
And All Those Good Nights

And Like The Falling Snow
It’s Down To Earth We Go

Love Never Worries 
It Just Comes & Goes  
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn
Leaving Us To Deal With 
All Our Sorrows 
Kay Lynn, Kay Lynn
Lowlights – Highlights  
And All Those Good Nights 
Lowlights – Highlights  
And All Those Good Nights

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KAY LYNN

Jan '69 - I'd Returned To My Small Mid-Western College
Only To Gather My Belongings & Say Goodbyes  
I Was Seriously Lucky To Be College Pals
With A Kid Who'd Grow-Up To Become 
A Great American Fiddle Player Named, Evan Stover
During My Brief Stay At Beloit College
When I'd Write A New Song 
I'd Play It For Evan & Tape His 'Goosebump' Fiddle Parts  
That's What Happened Here
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The Song's "Relationship" Was Mostly In My Head 
And Consisted Of A Couple Of Awkard Overnights   
-------
(Alright - After The First Hit Of Sour Gum)
From The Opening On... 
I'm Noticing How The Guitar Figure Drives The Song
A La Paul Simon - I Never Give Him Much Love
But He Was A Huge Influence
His Casual Confessional Lyric & Vocal Style
Um, Influenced Mine
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Also - This Has It's Own Gentleness
And Reads Like The Poetry 
Of An Almost 19 Year-Old 

THE SOONER, THE LATER

Me & All My Hair 
I Ache Tonight
She & All Her Hair 
Kinda Sleeping
Aching I Suppose 
Though I Don’t 
Really Know
She Would Have 
Sooner Or Later

Walk Along The Leaves 
They Wept Once Too
Yes & They Believe 
What They’re Told
I Left Her 
I Suppose
And A Letter 
For The Clothes
I Would Have 
Sooner Or Later

Take It With A Walk 
Or Take It Straight
Leave It In The Woods 
By The Pump
I Can’t Hear 
Her Laugh 
And The Only Thing 
I Have Is
We Would Have 
Sooner Or Later

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THE SOONER, THE LATER

This From The Media-Closet On Sweetzer Ave
West Hollywood In 1989
Recorded On A 4-Track Cassette 
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This Is The Type Of Song 
That Makes Me Realize...
Unbeknownst To Me
I Kept A Diary 
My Whole Life 
Beginning At Age 14 &
Trailing-Off Now In My Mid-70s
------
This Song Really Feels Like An Odd Diary Entry
Each Verse Finishes 
With An Unexpected Admission
I Can't Cry About Sad Things  
*However* I Can Cry At The Drop Of A Jeter
About Things I Love

LONELY

And Once Upon A Moon-Lit Night 
The Perverts Were Parading
Though She Loved His Overbite
They Were Only Dating
And I Never Know Why
I Never Can Cry
When I Get 
Lonely

"Stop you Fool
You've Gone Too Far"
She Said To The Boyfriend
Then He Started-Up The Car
Annoying Her To No End
Ah - Lonely
Ah - Lonely
And I Never Know Why
I Never Can Cry
When I Get 
Lonely

It's Just The Kind 
Of Ugliness
That Makes You Want 
More Of It
The Neighbor's Wife
Is Getting Dressed
And You Begin
To Covet
I Never Know Why
I Never Can Cry 
When I Get 
Lonely

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LONELY

2016

Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night
Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night
Shadows Breaking 
The Stars Are Taken 
Moonbeams Coming Down
Time To Bring That Bottle Down
Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night
Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night

Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night
Lonely Boy
Alone On A Monday Night
Shadows Breaking 
The Stars Are Taken 
Moonbeams Coming Down
Time To Bring That Bottle Down

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LONELY BOY

1967

Cheers To;
Paul Simon's Mad Finger-Picking In 'Anji' & Later, "The Boxer" 
Were Both Informative & Inspirational
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This Was The Fall Of My Senior Year In High School
I Was Only Concerned With Passing English 
And My Teacher Was A Troubled Old-Bird Named Annie Koff
Who Loved The Sound Of Her Own Voice
And Had A Mean Streak
I Bring-Up My HS English Teacher Because
I Handed This In To MIss Koff For Extra-Credit
And A Few Days Later 
She Handed It Back To Me 
Graded! - 78! Needs Work  
But Even That 78 Helped Some
I Just To Beat 64
I'd Kept Both Hand-Written Song-Submissions 
(This One & A Song About Myles Standish 
'What To Do About John?')
Because They Had Annie's Personal Comments
And She Was A 'Character' On Her Good Days
And Mean As Fuck 
All The The Rest Of The Time
----
I Think '67 Was Tom Seaver's Rookie Season With The Mets
----
 
Rob Seidman Is A Fabulous Part Of This One
He Sings  A Very Art Garfunkle-Type Back-Uo Part
Which Is To Say 'Early 60s Bleeker St. Sound'
Earnest - Robbie Really Commits
And Goes Along With My Bronx British Accent
I Hear Rob Clear His Voice On Mic
During My Opening Lines  
Cheers To The Late-Great 
#robbieseidman
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THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF MADAME SEIVERS

(A) Seaman Wished 'Good-Sailing' 
Upon His Madame’s Ship
Fair-Winds Were Prevailing 
For His Madame’s Trip
And The Vessel Flew A Sanguine Sail
And The Air Was Drenched With Bismarck Thoughts
Of Silver Sins In Foreign Ports

Relentless Winds Were Blowing 
Despite An Undertow
A Dream That Kept Her Going
But Never On The Go
She Faltered Only For A Moment
As We All Do Sometimes
But The Loss Was Gained In Madame’s Mind

Hoping Groping Waters 
Unchained The Madame’s Ship
And Love Had Come To Mean The End
Of Madame’s Maiden Trip
Come, Come Dark World & Praise This Trip
A Run Is But A Hastened Skip
Leave Us Go To Build A Ship

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THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF MADAME SEIVERS

1989

My Good Friend & 
Often Musical Collaborator... Jim Dean
Produced The Original Recording Here;
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/not-supposed-to-die-92-m
And In Doing So 
Helped A Lot On The Music End 
Of This One
Thanks, Bub...
---
This Performance Is Odd - 
And Was Recorded During Lockdown 2020
But I Love The Jewish-Russian Folk Song
And How Ukranian My Ukulele Sounds
I Was Going For The Third Man Theme
The Vocal Harmony Richard 
Sounds Like A Drunk Ray Davies
------
In 1989, My Wife & I Lived In West Hollywood
Across The Street From Rebecca Schaeffer
An Actress Who Was Stalked & Murdered
I Was Among The First On The Scene 
---
This Song Happened Out Of Nowhere
Several Months Later  
The Experience Was Not Something 
That Felt Helpful To Share Publicly 
And To Me - Writing A Song About It 
Felt Like I Was Capitalizing 
On My Accidental Proximity
To A Dark Moment 
In The History Of Hollywood

----
Anyway - The Lyrics - The First Verse Is Cinematic
But Completely Untrue - However - Her Stalker/Killer
Did See Her In Our Local Laundramat
And Was Apparently Laying Low 
In A West Hollywood Hardware Store 
Before Heading Back To Arizona Where He Was Caught
So This Song Is "Based-On" A True Story
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NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE

Through The Window 
We See Sky Of Blue
In The Bedroom 
There’s A Knife In View
On The Floor 
Beside A Woman Who 
Was Not Supposed To Die

As He Passes People 
In The Street
He Wonders If It All 
Was Meant To Be
He’s The Only One 
Who Knows That She 
Was Not Supposed To Die

She Smiled At Him 
In The Laundramat
Then She Acted 
Like A Spoiled Brat
Now She’s Just  
Another Woman That 
Was Not Supposed To Die 

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NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE

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
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
On This Night
I Believe 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 Got This Encore Request 
From A Friend - Which Of Course I Played   
But As You Can Hear...
I Play It Quickly 
Because 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... 
I'm Playing It Fast Because 
I Want It To Be Over As Soon As Possible... 
I Have Many Recordings Of This Song
But For Some Reason 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 Either She Or Her Sister 
Who Can Be Heard Singing Along During The Chorus'
----
How I Am Sure Of That?  
Because The Device That Recorded This
Was A Hand-Held Condenser-Mic Cassette 
That Tracy's Husband Jim Had Brought
It Was On The Table That Tracy & Larraine Are Seated
---
Hugs To All - 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

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

JUST ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SONG FOR PHIL

Richard Goldman

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