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   
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(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 

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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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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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Richard Goldman