This Was The Demo 
I Recorded On A Tascam 4-Track Recorder In 1989
I Re-Recorded This For Girls 'N Cows In 1997
But I Like This Demo Version Better
Maybe Because Of A Better Vocal
It's Definitely More Intimate 
See Spotify For Girls 'N Cows Version 
The "Old-Guy Who Used-To Play Bass" Version
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The Song Itself - Is Truly A MIx Of Things
Stories - People & Cats 
AND
Knowing Where The Pieces Come From...
Totally Spoils The Effect Of How They're Arranged
Like Hot Dogs, Sometimes It's Best Not To Know 
What Goes Into Them

WINGS

I Thought That I Would Miss You More
And Everything Would Change
I Thought Living Here Without You
Might Be Just A Little Strange
But The Only Thing That Hurts
Is How Much Rent I Have To Pay
Things Don’t Really Change So Much
When One Girl Goes Away

I Still Got The Same Old Neighbors
i Still Got The Same TV
The Old-Woman Who Used To Hate Us, Well
Now She Just Hates Me
The Cat That Used To Come Around
Still Comes Around Each Day
Things Don't Really Change That Much
When One Girl Goes Away
But If You Got Wings 
You Better Use ‘Em
If You Got Wings 
You Better Fly
I Couldn’t Wait To See You
Now I Can’t Wait To Say Goodbye
If You Got Wings 
If You Got Wings
If You Got Wings

Well I Made A Few Mistakes
You Pointed Out Most Every One
And Seeing You Turned-Out To Be
Like The Dumbest Thing I’ve Done
Cause When I Think Of How I Used To Feel
And How I Feel Today
Nothing's Really Changed That Much 
Since You Have Gone Away
But If You Got Wings 
You Better Use ‘Em
If You Got Wings 
You Better Fly
I Couldn’t Wait To See You
Now I Can’t Wait To Say Goodbye
If You Got Wings 
If You Got Wings
If You Got Wings

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WINGS '89

REMASTERED 2024 - Written In 1996 
Definitely Inspired By Beatle Paul's 
"Things We Said Today"
Originally Released On My 'Girls 'N Cows' CD 1997
I Play & Sing - The Whole Damn Thing

DEVIL KNOWS 

Step Into The Sadness
That Is Deep Inside My Heart
Welcome To The Madness
That Is Tearing Me Apart
Like A Flower Out Of Water
I’m A Slowly Dying Rose
That’s The Side Of Me
The Devil Knows

Time Is An Eternity
I Can’t Afford To Give
He Knows Where To Touch You But
I Know Where You Live
I Can Take You Places That
No One Ever Goes
You’ll See The Side Of Me
The Devil Knows

I Wonder If He Dreams Of You
I Wonder If He Dares
I Think I See An Accident
I See A Flight Of Stairs
Whether I Use Amateurs
Or Whether I Use Prose
He’ll See The Side Of Me
The Devil Knows

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Girls N' Cows

DEVIL KNOWS '97

It's 1979
So Imagine, If You Will
A Hip, LA Music Attorney 
Commissons A Songwriter
To Write A Two-Minute Promo Song 
To Land The Account Of A
Big-Selling 70s Rock Band
Let's Say - Fleetwood Mac
Recorded Lo-Fi At Home
Reel-To-Reel
And I Would Call This... Beatles 
White Album - John Lennon - Blues
With A Bit Of 'Tongue 'N Cheek' Folded-In
Which Generally Never Mixes Well With Blues 
I'm Pretty Sure This Never Reached 
It's Target Audience Of Four

PLATINUM BLUES

We're Here 
To Help You Through
The Platinum Blues
We're Here 
To Help You Through
The Platinum Blues

We've Heard About That Cocaine Rock-Star Bit
We Know That Mick, He Don't Go Near That Shit
We Want To Solve Your Every Legal Whim
And Get You Out Of Everything You're-In

We're Here 
To Help You Through
The Platinum Blues, Again
We're Here 
To Help You Through
The Platinum Blues

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PLATINUM BLUES '79

"Live" At The Bla-Bla Cafe - 1979
Featuring #deborahholland & #frankieblue
On Background Vocals
Proving Only To Myself 
That Any Goldman Song 
Could Be Performed On-Stage
Ouch!!I That Bla-Bla Piano
Was Rarely In-Tune
---
This 'Goes-Out-To' The Multi-Talented #enzodemay 
Who - About 3 Years Ago 
Contacted Me For The Chords To 'Sinatra's Car'
And Gave Me Hope That My Music 
Might Be Remembered By The Right People

SINATRA’S CAR

Brighter Than The Brightest Star
Hotter Than Sinatra’s Car
Happy Just To Hear Your Name
Loving Like I Had No Shame

I Was Content 
I Was Half-Asleep
It Was Like Love 
But It Was Half-As-Deep 
We Had Our Moments 
But We Had ‘Em Cheap
Up To My Knees Insane 
& Then You Came & Now I’m 
Brighter Than The Brightest Star
Hotter Than Sinatra’s Car
Happy Just To Hear Your Name
Loving Like I Had No Shame

A Melody 
Coming From Your Heart
I Sing Like A Bird
 & So I Sang The Part
We Have Our Moments 
Now They Never Stop
Up To My Knees Insane
Until You Came & Now I'm
Brighter Than The Brightest Star
Hotter Than Sinatra’s Car
Happy Just To Hear Your Name
Loving Like I Had No Shame

Brighter Than The Brightest Star
Hotter Than Sinatra’s Car
Happy Just To Hear Your Name
Loving Like I Had No Shame

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SINATRA'S CAR '79  "Live"

2015

PLAY LOUD... but not too loud
Words & Music & Guitars Bass & Drums by richard goldman
But Here's The Thing.. 
I Was 65 Years Old When I Wrote & Recorded This
I Think I Was Trying To Prove
You're Never Too Old To Rock 
The Cool Part Was 
This Also Impressed My Oldest Son
#edisonmellorgoldman
Who Did Me The Honor Of Mixing This 'Take'


WIND-UP TOY

I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
Got Me Goin’ Round & Round
I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
Wind Me Up And Put Me Down
Looks Like Your Wind-Up Toy
Is About To Come Unwound

I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
Take Me Out For A Spin
I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
I’m On The Outside Looking In
One Day Your Wind-Up Toy
Might Wind-Up With A Friend

I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
And I Wanna Spring On You
I’m Your Wind-Up Toy
Wind Me Up Is All You Do
One Day Your Wind-Up Toy
Is Gonna Wind Up Leaving You

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WIND-UP TOY '15

Written & Recorded In 2012 
For My "Dreadful Sorrow" CD  
This Mix, However, Is Without The Drums
The Jungle Drum-Part Inspired A Lot Of The Track
But Once Detatched - Like The First Stage Of A Rocket
Suddenly Became Unneccesary 
This Fully Acoustic Version Just Floats Along Like A Cloud
I'm Making All The Noise 
Several Acoustic Guitars & The Stand-Up Bass   
Creating Tension & Release
This Version Is More Intimate & More Paranoid
Although It Exposes Some Vocal Mistakes :)


DOWN TO THE RIVER

Your Love’s As Sweet 
As 'Angel’s Meat'
Bet, No One’s Told You That Before
Went Lookin’ For love in 'Paradise'
They Had To Call Another Store
I Took A Walk 
Down Lover’s Lane That’s
How I Hurt My Head
You Won’t Hear Me Complain
Even When I’m Dead
And She Goes  Down To The River  
Like She Hasn’t A Care
And She Goes  Down To The River  
And She Pins-Up Her hair
She Goes Down To The River 
I Think She Meets Someone There
At The River

Eleanor Is In The Wine
Eleanor Drank More
Eleanor Drank More Than Any Eleanor
Ever Really Drank Before
She Held It Well Up To A Point
But Eventually The World Would See
Eleanor Was In The Bag
But She Wasn’t In The Bag With Me
And She Goes  Down To The River  
Like She Hasn’t A Care
And She Goes  Down To The River  
And She Pins-Up Her hair
She Goes Down To The River 
I Think She Meets Someone There
At The River

They Put A Man 
On The Frickin’ Moon
But They Can’t Make Eleanor Love Me
At Least Not The Way I Want
In The 21st Century
So Go Ahead & Tell Them All
You Can Tell Them All The truth
Sometimes You Gotta Pay The Toll
Sometimes You’re Workin’ In The Booth
And She Goes  Down To The River  
Like She Hasn’t A Care
And She Goes  Down To The River  
And She Pins-Up Her Hair
She Goes Down To The River 
I Think She Meets Someone There
At The River

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DOWN TO THE RIVER '12 (No Drums)

1988 
Recorded On A Tascam 4-Track   
In The Front-Room Closet
Of A One-Bedroom, West Hollywood, Apt. 
I Overdubbed My Gibson ES-330 Several Times 
And Built Guitar-Melody Sections 
That I Put Words & Harmonies To 
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I Was Listening To A Lot Of XTC   
And Always Imagined Performing This "Live"  
And Trying to 'Sell' The "Someone Call A Doctuh" Line
As If It Really Was An Emergency... 
I Really Tried Hard Not To Grow-Up
* Cover Art:  Out Front Of An Indian Restaraunt In NYC

SOMEONE CALL A DOCTOR

I Don’t Want To Talk About Love
I Don’t Want To Think About The Big One
I’m Suppose To Care About Stuff
And How It Will Affect Me In The Long Run
Like It Or Not
I Just Forgot
What The Hell I Was Supposed To Be Doing
I Better Go
You Never Know
One Look At Me & Your Whole Day Is Ruined
Someone Call A Doctor
Someone Call A Doctor 

All The Little Pieces Seem To Fit
Then You Had To Let Your Mind Wander
Maybe You Should See A Specialist
An Exorcise The Demons That You Conjure
Like It Or Not
I Just Forgot
What The Hell I Was Supposed To Be Doing
You Better Go
You Never Know
One Look At Me & You’re Whole Day Is Ruined
Someone Call A Doctor  
Someone Call A Doctor 

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SOMEONE CALL A DOCTOR '88

Written In 1995  
Produced, Engineered & Mixed By #jimdean
Played Written & Sung By #richardgoldman

It Was Supposed To Be A "Korg Nite" With Jim
I Started Fooling With The Guitar In "E"
Jim Started Piecing Together A Drum-Track 
Soon I Was Playing A Bass Part I Liked 
We Normally Saved The Lyrics/Vocals Till The End
But I Had A Clear Idea Of Where They Belonged
So I Sang A Rough/Guide Vocal Track &
Just Improvising Words & Melody  
It Came Out Good - But Jim Was Disappointed 
That I had Hijacked The Track - Which I Had...
So The Song Brought-Up Unhappy Memories 
& Gathered Cobwebs 
Till Around 2009 
When I Sang It With My Wife At A Party
The Harmonies Sung Slowly 
In A Drawn-Out Way
Were Both Fun & Emotional 
The Song Turned Into An 'Atheist's Farewell'


HERE I COME

There’s A White Line Down The Highway
Here I Come Lord - Here I Come
On The Run Lord - On The Run
Wait On Me   
Wait On Me
Here I Come 

There’s A Way Down That Old River
Here I Come Lord Here I Come
Like The Sun Lord Like The Sun
Wait On Me 
Wait On Me 
Here I Come

No One Else Is Walking
No One Else Is Talking
No One Else Is Down On His Knees
I Can See The River If I Overlook The Trees

There’s A Bright Light Up In Heaven
Here I Come Lord - Here I Come
I’m The One Lord I’m The One
Wait On Me 
Wait On Me 
Here I Come

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HERE I COME '96

8/24/'76

This Is A 'Noisy' Lo-Fi  "ALTERNATE" Take & Track 
From The Numero Group Release
It Really Sounds It's Age
But It's Got So Much "Demo" Charm
I Can't Stop Listening To It
AND This 1976 Picture Depicts
My 'Doodle Dog' Era Look
Recorded On Reel-To-Reel
From The Intensity Of The Hiss
I'd Say Four Or Five Overdubs
(Three Vocals & Two Pianos)
The Sound Of One Pair Of Hands Clapping?
But Each Section Goes Into Each Other 
With A Swagger - I Can Hear Myself 
Falling In Love With The Track As I'm Recording It
This Does The Dramatics Well
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Mary Grady Went From Being 
An LA 'Stage Mom' In The 1960s  
To Running A Successful Hollywood Talent Agency
This Song Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Her
--
Back When I Was 12  
When There Were No Beatles
There Was Neil Sedaka...
And His Songs Were Catchy & Beautifully Crafted
Sedaka Returned For One-More Go-Round In The 70s
And "Laughter In The Rain" Explains Mary Grady
Better Than I Can 
Please Lets Not Forget The Piano-Thumping Beatle Paul
Who's Like 80-Thumping Now...
FUN FACT!
On The Tax-Scam Remake Of "Almost Famous' 
It Took Both A Male & Female Voice
To Cover The Vast Expanse
Known As "The Goldman Range"  
The Song Modulates To The Chorus
The Verse Is In The Key Of 'D'
And The Chorus Is In E-Flat 
Shoutout To 'New Follower' #holyreptile
Who Inspired This Posting
I've Got To Start Acknowledging Better...

MARY GRADY

Somewhere On A Rainy Night
Somebody Will Hold You Tight
And Cry Out For The Kind Of Things
You Could’ve Given Me Tonight
So Don’t You Pay It Any Mind
You Learn A Little Every Time
And When The Laughs Are 
Over Baby
Somewhere On A Rainy Night
Somewhere On A Rainy Night
You’ll Find Mary Grady
Is Such A Fine Lady 
Baby Uh-Huh 
Baby Uh-Huh

And When The Love Is Coming From Your Heart
It Shines Like A Ray Of Light
And Once You Throw Away The Selfish-Part
Well Everything Feels Right

So Mary With The Lonely Eyes
Take Care Of What You Get From Life
And Call Me Baby 
I’ll Be Waiting
Somewhere On A Rainy Night
Somewhere On A Rainy Night
You’ll Find Mary Grady
Is Such A Fine Lady 
Baby Uh-Huh 
Baby Uh-Huh

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MARY GRADY '76

Richard Goldman & #deborahholland & #timgodwin 
3 Guitars - 2 Voices
Recorded "Live" At 'Cafe Largo' Hollywood, Ca.
10/10/87
Thanks To #bobbywomack For Writing
And Of Course The Stones
Who Covered Womack's Perfect Blues Song
On '12x5' - Which Was Released In 1964 And
Has Been In My Head For 60 Years
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This Is Way Lo-Fi... But We Had Fun
We Had Some Famous People In The Crowd
Who Were Scouting Deborah
Who Shortly Thereafter Became The Singer-Songwriter  
With Stewart Copeland & Stanley Clarke In "Animal Logic"
I Wouldn't Have Shared This 
Had I Not Thought Our Arrangement 
Was Worth A Listen

"It's All Over Now"
By Bobby & Shirley Womack

Baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry, she done me wrong
She hurt my eyes open, that's no lie
Tables turn & now her turn to cry
Because I used to love her 
But it's all over now
Because I used to love her 
But it's all over now

She used to run around 
with every man in town
Spent all my money, 
Playing her high class game
Put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Tables turn & now her turn to cry
Because I used to love her  
But it's all over now

I used to wake in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I'd got worried she'd ease my aching head
Now she's here and there, with every man in town
Still trying to take me for that same old clown
Because I used to love her, 
But it's all over now
Because I used to love her 
But it's all over now

Used to love her 
But it's all over now

IT'S ALL OVER NOW '87 'Live' (Cover)

There's No-Fi - Like Lo-Fi
Some Sound Advice

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