Songs Written In The !960's 
Recorded On A 'Realistic' Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel
Except For Tracks #6 & #10 
Which Were Re-Recorded
50-Years After They Were Written

THE 60's - "Presumptuous Little Person"

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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DURING THE DAYS OF DAD

1969 - So it sounds a bit underwater because of numerous overdubs on my radio shack reel-to-reel, sound-on-sound recorder - coupla... guitars/violas/voices - but considering it was recorded before the wheel - with a primitive plastic 4-inch condenser mic - it still transports you to 1969 - the 'Julia' fingerpicking -

SOONER OR 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 And 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've Sooner Or Later

Me & All My Hair 
Yes & They Believe 
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've Sooner Or Later

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SOONER OR LATER

1967 - NYC - Greenwich Village  
Paul Simon's kid brother, Eddie... 
Not-quite a dead ringer for Paul 
Heard me play 'Alison' at a "Hoot Nite" 
'Open-Mic' at Gerde's Folk City in the West Village 
And outside the club, after the show, offered me $100 
To buy the song outright 
Both friends who'd accompanied me, Doug & his pal, Don  
Were shaking their heads, 'No' 
Eddie 'presented' as a Huckster... 
I didn't take him seriously - 
On the train back to New Rochelle that night 
I asked Don & Doug if they'd noticed Janis Ian waiting to chat... 
Don had - Don Had Also 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 ride into the city... 
Don & Doug 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 a bit too much about the beatles & kinks... 
Eventually Don blurted out that the Beatles were overrated   
& Had ruined rock & roll'  
But he particularly hated the Stones who stole eveyone's styles 
& sold sex 
& Dylan who'd 'betrayed' Folk Music - 
I'd never encountered quite such a 'lucid-adjacent' 
Takedown of the 60's British Invasion  
And definitely underestimated the resentment Folkies had back in 1969 
In 1969, most brain-functioning kids were either concerned with their; Vietnam War Draft Lottery Number Status 
Or their Country fighting a phony war with a crazy President  
Yet, Don felt the need harken to a simpler time  
The 1950's?  Were they simpler? 
Or was it because everything was hidden & not talked about?  
I think the only people who yearn for the past 
are the ones who were never there... 
My Lifetime friend John Simson recorded this in 1969  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg9jUFEzM0Q  

BABY JUICE DAYS

Alison - I gaze at my watch
Alison - A face in a shop
Alison - The frills on a frock
Alison and your fireman'e cap
I loved you since we were kids
Alison and 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 and your fireman'e cap
I loved you since we were kids
Alison and the Baby Juice Days
I love you that we we're kids

Alison - Hobbling my lips

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ALISON

Indeed This Track is old enough to be receiving AARP flyers  
But It takes us back to 1968 
Christmas Holiday  
We recorded In my childhood house  
While working out the harmonies 
With my freshly-bearded first-semester break friends  
I remember thinking that this was the most fun 
I'd had in the dining room of my house in my entire life  
Couple Years later, Peter & Marvin & I 
Would be in LA Recording as "Hummingbird"  

#marvingoodfriend on Bass  
#davidcharles (not the british guy) on Drums  
#robbieseidman Bkgd Vocal & Lead Guitar  
#peternoah Bkgd Vocal  
#richardgoldman Lead Vocal & Acoustic Rhythm Guitar 
before the drums
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WINTER AFTERNOON

So I Hear
It’s Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon
Cold With A Wind
Wet With A Wail
Winter After All
And I Hear It’s, Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon

I Stand On The Corner
With A Tune In My Mouth
In The Afternoon
My Ears Are Praying
That I’ll Go South
And I Do It Soon
And I Hear It’s, Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon
And They Say It’s, Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon

I See It Coming
And I Gonna Leave
I Can't Take The Bruise
Teeth Like A Gator
And A Mouth Like My Friends
Winter Afternoon
And I Hear It’s, Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon
And They Say It’s, Coming Soon
Winter Afternoon

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WINTER AFTERNOON

The Song Was Written in Late 1967 - At Age 17 
I Recorded It 50 Years Later - In 2017
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I Grew Up In New Rochelle, NY  
20 Minutes By Train From Grand Central  
The Summer Of '66 I Worked For My Dad 
At 'The Office' On 43 West 23rd Street
In What's Now Known As The 'Castro Building'
At This Age, I'm Was A Mix Of Phil Ochs & The Beatles

STAMFORD LOCAL

Questionnaires, Question Me About Questionable Things
Relatives & Fellow Kds Ask Me My 'State Of Strings'
And There Are Trains & Planes That I Just Won't Catch
I Won’t Be Taken Down The Hatch
Another 9 To 5 Man Of The Batch
On The Stamford Local

My Guidance Counselor Ex-Nightclub Bouncer 
Says 'College Men Make The Dough'
Be A Joe College & With That Knowledge 
There’s Nowhere You Can't Go
But I’ll Tell You I Won’t Go There On
A Train Bound For Oblivion
Have You Ever Seen The Faces Of Those Who’ve Gone
On The Stamford Local 

I See My Father Get Off The Train In Continual Simulation
Conductor Yells, “New Rochelle's Last Chance This Station"
And With The Wall Street Journal Under Arm
He Comes Home To Set His Alarm
For 7:30 & The Morning Charm
Of The Stamford Local 

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STAMFORD LOCAL

Written In 1966 - At Age 16

It Was The Summer Of "I'm Only Sleeping"
And My Home Was Not A Happy Place
From A Hotel Room In Bimini, Italy
In A Very-Humid Tourist Town On The Adriatic Sea
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IT’S WHERE I SLEEP

As I Look Out Onto It
I See The Graveyard Seeking
Prospective People Who Are 
Circling The World
And I Must Write
And I Must Write A Letter Home

Perched Out Upon My Tower
I See The Lights That Shower
Instant People Who Are
Granules Of Me
And I Must Write
And I Must Write Another Letter Home

It Where I Sleep
And It’s Home
It’s Where I Sleep
And It’s Home

Welcome Mats To Let You In, But
No Protection Once You’re In, And
You Must Try To Find Your
Own Way Around
And I Must Write
And I Must Write A Groovy Letter Home
It's Where I Sleep
And It's Home

(said before)
Perched Out Upon My Tower
I See The Lights That Shower
Mini-People Who Are
Traveling My World
And I Must Write
And I Must Write A Letter Home

It Where I Sleep
And It’s Home
It’s Where I Sleep
And It’s Home

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IT'S WHERE I SLEEP

Original 1966 Recording  - Robbie & I are 16
This is "Live" one track - reel-to-reel  
#robbieseidman Lead Sings & Slaps his Knees  
I do my best Pete Townsend on Acoustic Guitar
and come in on the kinks type chorus 
Robbie was a better singer than I at the time 
& Kills on this & would grow-up to write
'Summer Rain' for Belinda Carlyle 
But as a song...
This was a serious confidence builder for me 
As both an artist & songwriter... 
My summer vacation  
2 weeks in Israel & 2 weeks in Europe
Was eye-opening 
I was able to put myself in context
In three-droney verses 

I was so worried I'd forget this...
The night before the plane home
I went into a record store in London
where they had booths to record your voice    
and I recorded a 2 minute version of this that I still have
But would need peter jackson to salvage sonically... 
So this version with Robbie singing is the best available

PRODUCT 0F SOCIETY  

Do not laugh & do not scorn
He can not help where he was born
He blends within but clashes outside
When he leaves his kingdom he needs a guide 
And he’s just a product of society
And he can not help what he can not be

He tries so hard it’s hard to conceive
His world is his society and he does not leave
But when he does he shows his hand
He carries diamond chrystals & he calls them sand
But he’s just a product of society
And he can not help what he can not be

And from his minute corner he can only see the half
Where there’s a smile he believes there’s a laugh
And his eyes are closed & his mind is clear
And he’s has no worries cos he’s got no fear
And he’s just a product of society
And he can not help what he can not be

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PRODUCT OF SOCIETY

1967/68
I Was 17 When I "Double-Tracked" This 
On My Ampex Reel-To-Reel Tape Deck
My Senior-Year in High-School 1968
Was A High Stress Year In America
And My Father Lectured at Dinner  
And Even Mom Knew I Was A Lost Cause
'Evening Recital' Was Written In December, '67 
Dylan's 'John Wesley Harding'  Is Reflected Here...
But At The Time My Only Concern 
Was Getting Into College & Girls

EVENING RECITAL

Evening Recital - Your Main Title
For Words Spoken To Yourself
Evening Recital - Is So Vital
To Existence Of The Dead
Run To Your Bible - Source Of Survival
An Outlet Not Letting In
Run To Your Bible & Reconcile
Years Of Sorrow With One Mouthful

Evening Recital - Your Main Title
For Words Spoken To Yourself
Stand In The Aisle - And Try Hard To Smile
Your Dignity & Pride Is On The Line
Stand In The Aisle & Cry For A While
Backs Are Turned & The Lights Are Out

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EVENING RECITAL

1969
Featuring #robbieseidman 
On #leadguitar & Bkgd Vocals
Kind Of A #credence Song 
I'm Definitely Doing A  Fogerty-Like Creedence Vocal
CCR Virtually Invents "Americana" 
Fogerty Was The Hank Williams Of His Era 
And IMHO Belongs In That Company
He Made Songwriting Seem Do-able
A True Inspiration
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At The Time
I Never Thought Much Of Robbie's Noodling 
And The Vocal Is Weak
But This One... Just Needs A Better Singer
I Wasn't Up To It Yet... 
Which Means I Probably Sang It 
In A Bad Key For Me Vocally
Which Means A Good Guitar Key

ROCKY STONE ROAD

Chasing A Child Down A Rocky Stone Road
Yeah A Rocky Stone Road Oh-My
Chasing A Child Down A Rocky Stone Road
With A Rocky Stone Alibi
My – My – My 
Was I Ever Satisfied
My – My – My 
Was I Ever Satisfied

Toting That Child Back Up Rocky Stone Road
I Was Rocky Stone Satisfied
Telling The Child She Could Go On Her Own
If She Wouldn’t Ever Tell Her Side :)
My – My – My 
She Tells A Rocky Stone Lie
My – My – My 
She Tells A Rocky Stone Lie

Me & The Child 
Been Together For A While Now
We Never Go Traveling
Cos She Told Her Side
And She Was Quite Satisfied 
And We Been That Way Ever Since
My – My – My 
She Tells A Rocky Stone Lie
My – My – My 
She Tells A Rocky Stone Lie

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ROCKY STONE ROAD

This Is The Original 1964 Recording Of This Song 
I Was 14 & Playing Guitar In Open-E Tuning
That's What My Older Brother Mel Tuned It To 
I Kept It That Way & Made-Up My Own 'Minor-Chord' Positions 
Til I Was 16 -  When I Got A New Guitar 
& Learned All The 'Real' Chords
For Standard Guitar-Tuning
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This Is Based On A 1961 
McCartney/Harrison 'Instrumental' 
From The Beatles 'Tony Sheridan' Era
Called 'Cry For A Shadow'  
At That Age (14) 
I Was Writing Three-Songs-A-Week
& Was 'Inspired By' An Obscure Beatle's Lick 
From The Womb Of Beatlemania
I Love The 'Suspeneded Thing' Going On With The F & G7
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My Family Called This My 'Howling Era' 
As In "Mom, He's Howling Again!"
Growing-Up, My Family Was Generally 
Unsupportive Of My Music
But That Eventually Changed 
Although The Deepest Of All 'Sads' Is That My Mom
Inexplicably - Could Never Allow Herself To Enjoy My Songs  
"I'm 'Tone-Deaf 'Darling, What Good Would It Do?"
There's A Lot To Unpack There
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WHEN I SEE YOU NEXT

You‘ll Be By My Side 
When I See You Next
We’ll Both Be Satisfied 
When I See You Next
Last Time We Were Together
We Never Had Second Thoughts
Since We Can’t Do Much Better :)
We‘ll Take-Up Where We Left-Off

There’ll Be No Regrets
When I See You Next
Our Love’s What I Said
When I See You Next
I Can’t Wait Till Next Time 
The Minutes Seem Like Hours
And When I Call You Up I'm  
My Love’s More Than Candy & Flowers

Times Are So Precious & Few
When I See You Next
Will I Get The Message Through?
When I See You Next
When I See You Next
We’ll Try Again
When I See You Next, I’ll Sigh
I’ll Sigh & Then

There’ll Be No Regrets
When I See You Next
Our Love’s What I Said
When I See You Next
When I See You Next

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WHEN I SEE YOU NEXT

7/9/70 

I Was 20 - She Was My First Real Love
She Was A Senior In High-School
I Had Dropped-Out Of College & Was Working
So I Could Move To LA
During 1969, I Got Her Pregnant... Twice!
Her Parents Forbade Her To See Me
A Few-Months Later I Got A Ride To California
And Wrote This... 
I Caught A Whale Of Trouble From 
Friends Felt Who Felt I Ruined The Song
With The 'Whale Line'  
It's Nice That Time 
Has Helped This Wear Well

UNDER SALTY WATER

Under Salty Water
At The Bottom Of The Ocean
Where My Love Has Let Me Lie
She Was My Love
As Sure As The Ocean
Now Only A Whale Can Make Her Mine
Yes I Know It  
That She Loved Me For A Long Time
Yes I Know It 
That She’ll Be Gone Longer Still
Under Salty Water

I’ll Wear The Same Clothes
I Wore When She Left
Because She Might Be Coming Back
And If She’s Walking
In A Crowd Of Strangers
She’ll Know Me From The Clothes Right On My Back
Yes I Know It  
That She Loved Me For A Long Time
Yes I Know It  
That She’ll Be Gone Longer Still
Under Salty Water
Under Salty Water

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UNDER SALTY WATER

Jan '69
I Was Home From My First & Only 
Winter Break From College
And I Knew I Was Never Goin' Back To Beloit
My Parents Were Away 
& I Turned The Living Room Into A Recording Studio
The Musicians Were On Their Way
And I Threw This Recording Together Quickly
So They Could Hear The Harmonies
I Never Took This Song Seriously...Until Recently
Sonically it's between 'Cindy Oh My' & 'Don't Spoil It Now'

ASHES

I Looked At The Ashes Today
And Saw I Was One Step Away
A Fireman Shot Me A Stare
But I Didn’t Smell Smoke In The Air
Ashes To Him I Did Say
But The Ashes Were Coming My Way

For 10 & 9 Hours I Ran
And Ended Where I Had Begun
You Can’t Burn In Water They Say
And Never Drop-In On Old Flames
Ashes Oh Ashes - I've Lost Her today
Ashes Oh Ashes - I'm Coming Your Way

I Looked In The Mirror Today
And Saw I Was One Step Away
Ashes To Me It Did Say
I Turned Round & Walked Right Away
You Can’t Burn In Water They Say
And Don't Make Too Many Old Flames

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ASHES

1968 
A Little "Country Rock"  From My Living Room
With My Parents On Vacation For The XMas Holidays
I Recorded It - On A Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel Tape Deck
With Robbie Seidman - Elec. Guitar 
Dave Charles (Not The Brit) - Drums, Vocals 
Marvin Goodfriend - Bass
Me - Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
So
Cindy Lived Right Across The Street...
Back When I Was 11... Her Older Brother, Kevin 
Would On Occassion Take Me To Yankee Games
The Bronx Was Close By Train
Some Years Later I'd Pay Forward Kevin's Kindness  
Sitting On My Front Lawn 
Showing His Younger Sister, Cindy 
How To Play A Few Chords On Guitar
Cindy Got So Good She Became 
90's Folk Icon, Cindy Kallet 
Who Never Forgot The Neighbor Boy Across 
The Street Who "Showed Her A Few Chords" 
But Yeah, At 18, 
I Was Spying On Cindy Kallet  
& Writing A Lot Of "Galloping" Songs
This One's A Good Example
Also Fun To Share The Headphone Stereo Of 1968

CINDY OH MY

Cindy Oh My Won’t You Come To Your Window
I’ve Waited Five Hours In The Dark Of The Evening
For You To Look Towards Me & My Window
We’ll Peer At Each Other 
Through The Dark Of The Evening
We Could Be Friends 
If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days

Cindy Oh My Your Little Heart's In The Right Places
Come See Your Neighbor & Smile With Your Faces
We Could Be Friends If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days
Cindy Oh My
Cindy Oh My

Been Looking So Long That I Feel Like A Statue
Cindy Oh My You Must Know I Want To Reach You
Brush Back Your Hair & Peer Out Your Window
I’ll Be Right Here Appearing Back At You
We Could Be Friends If You’d Come To Your Window
It’s Not Hard To Look At Somebody These Days

CINDY OH MY

1969  
When I Was 19
The Parents Of My 17 Year-Old Girlfriend
Forbade Her From Seeing Me
And She Obeyed & I Would Go To California
6 Months Later

SEND ME AWAY

All The Money That You Could Think Of
Couldn’t Stop My Love
Couldn’t Turn My Head Away
Oh What Can You Say
As Often As I See The Sun
I Think Of You
And The Lonely One Who Stays
Just To See Your Face
And Lover Got To Send Me Away
And Love Forgot To Send Me Away
And Laura Got To Send Me Away, Again

I Try Not To Love You On A Saturday Night
On A Daylit Moon 
Or A Moonlit Night
Oh Why Lover Tell Me Why
But You Gotta Send Me Away
Laura Gotta Send Me Away
And  Love Forgot To 
Send Me Away, Again

I'm Hoping When You Go Away
I’ll See It All Another Way
And Baby I’ll Be On My Way
And Then You’ll Never Send Me Away

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SEND ME AWAY

I Write My Best Song & I Get "Braces" 

My Orhodontist' Had A Humorus Name 
For A Doctor In Oral Care - Dr. Fingeroth
Braces Were Not Something I Wanted
But I Got Them & Then Went Back Home
To Comfort Myself With My New Song... 
"Someday Soon"  
Which After Braces Became 
"Thumbday Thoon"
Beatles "I'll Be Back" Opening  
Verse Of "Ferry Cross The Mersey"
"Ticket To Ride" Feel & Structure
At That Age My Guitar Playing Was Better 
Than My "Thinging" 
50 Years Later - I Recorded This With My Son
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SOMEDAY SOON

I’m Trying Hard To Get Away
Breaking My Back All Night & Day
But Someday Soon I’ll Break These Chains
That Bonded Me From All My Aims
Someday Soon
Someday Soon
Someday Soon I’ll Be With You

I Don’t Know How To Say We’re Through
It’s Gonna Be So Hard To Do
I Wonder If I Will Regret It
I Look At You & I Forget It
Someday Soon
Someday Soon
Someday Soon I’ll Be With You

So Baby Wait Tll I’m Set Free
We’ll Be Together Endlessly
These Chains Together We Can Bend
And Be Forever In The End
Someday Soon
Someday Soon
Someday Soon I’ll Be With You

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SOMEDAY SOON

Written in 1966  
 
 

ONE WORD MORE

It’s five of five and I’m leaving at nine
I’ve checked on the time on the plane that I’m flying
But there’s one goodbye that I have to say
Before that old plane flies me away
One Word More as I walk out that door
One Word More or I’ll never be sure

I met her one night in a crowded old room
And like a cartoon we both liked the moon
But things got broken and hearts lost their kind
I lost her love but she never lost mine
One Word More as I walk out that door
One Word More or I’ll never be sure
Just one word more is all I will need
Just one word more

Now I must see her if just to say bye
I know that she’ll cry - Lord so will I
But she might say darling I want you to stay
To love me today and not fly away
One Word More as I walk out that door
One Word More or I’ll never be sure

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ONE WORD MORE

Written in 1966 - Re-Recorded in 2014
My First Band - The Humbys 
I Was 16 & Had A Crush 
On The Lead-Guitarist's 14 Year-Old Sister 
We Played Parties 'N Stuff
We Played The Hits  
But Just The Ones We Liked  
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I'd Been Writing Songs For A Couple Of Years  
Many Of Them Contained 'Coded' Messages' 
This One Particularly!  
The First Letter Of Each Word In The Title 
Spells Out Her Name - DALE  
The Humbys Rehearsed In The Lead-Guitarist's Living Room 
Where Younger Sister, Dale, Would Watch 
While Splayed On The Sofa  
It Made You Wanna Run The Song Through A Few Times
There Are Some Things You Don't Forget

DO ALL LOVES END?

Different From The Rest
And By Far The Best You Can See That I’m Blessed With A God
Lends A Helping Hand
Ending All Her Plans
And Will Understand When Your'e Low
Do All Loves End
When People Die
Or Do They Last Longer
Than You Can See With The Naked Eye

Denting Your Mind
And Others Of Your Kind With A Smile That Could Bind A Deep Wound
Lets You Speak Your Lines
Entering At tTmes
She’s A Love You Don’t Find Anymore
Do All Loves End
I Ask This Cos I Pray
That When That Fateful Day Will Come
Our Love Will Go On

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DO ALL LOVES END?

Written in 1966 - 
Recorded in my childhood bedroom on an Ampex - reel to reel - In 1967 With Marvin Goodfriend – Soon he'd bring along his bud – Peter Noah – guitar/piano singer/songwriter – Hummingbird was born – We knew we sounded good together and had a cool New Rochelle vocal blend – we grew up together – we lived within a half mile of each other – went to same elementary/middle and high school – Marvin who died in 2019  had the coolest voice – even his speaking voice was warm and memorable – I eventually ended-up in LA in 1970 – Staying at first with Peter’s parents who'd moved from New Rochelle 6-months before I did – So, during the summers of ‘71 ‘2 & ‘3  Peter & Marvin came to LA where we recorded what ended-up on "Sweethearts, Deluxe" – The music industry was 'sketchy' and Marvin who was on the conservative side was appalled by my manager – he would soon would bail and grow-up to become a well-respected man – 
 
TELL ME TRUE
I’m your man and you are my love
I will stand around you my love
Only thing that I ask of you
Tell me right Tell me true

Hey the sun, hey the moon
All day long, some day soon
In the morning I wont be so blue
If you tell me right, tell me true
Tell me right, tell me true

There’s a carnival right down the road
We will make it if we don’t explode 
We’ll hey the carnival and hey the food
If you tell me right tell me true
Tell me right, Tell me true

Drive my Bonnyville back to my home
Leave the carnival back down the road
Look at my eyes and tell me their blue
Tell me right, tell me true 
Tell me right, tell me true

TELL ME TRUE

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