Written in 1976 and recorded in 2023...

She talks in code
Likes Thunder Road
But she doesn’t look my way
And it’s just another day

But I play my songs when she’s in the room
Yeah I can’t seem to shake that radio loose
And who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce

Her dress doesn’t sway
Like Mary’s they say
But she’s everything to me
And that’s alright with me

But I play my songs when she’s in the room
Yeah I can’t seem to shake that radio loose
And who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce

She likes to walk
Past my front porch
But maybe love ain’t for free
And I know that he would agree

But I play my songs when she’s in the room
Yeah I can’t seem to shake that radio loose
And who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce

And who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce
Yeah who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce
Oh who am I to her? 
I’m not Bruce

I'm Not Bruce

Beginning Of The End

Comments were made about my Bridge to Nowhere that Dwarfs would fight with the Elfs because they could not enter the Mystical Elfland. Well that fight did happen and all but one Elf made it to safety. This is the song they played at that Elf's funeral.

I am playing the double bass via my keyboard controller and the viola and alto choir via my breath controller.  Band in a Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

An Elf Funeral

Secret Place
©Stephen W. Young
All rights reserved.

In the secret place, I have found my rest
It's where I find the path of righteousness
Where hope abounds and my heart says yes
In the secret place, I have found my rest

In the secret place, I can clearly see
I see Your meekness and your majesty
I'm overwhelmed by Your love for me
In the secret place, I can clearly see

For You, oh Lord are my refuge
You, oh Lord are my fortress
For You, oh Lord are my God in whom I trust
In the secret place, I have found my rest

For You, oh Lord are my refuge
You, oh Lord are my fortress
For You, oh Lord are my God in whom I trust
In the secret place, I can clearly see

In the secret place, I have found my rest
It's where I find the path of righteousness
Where hope abounds and my heart says yes
In the secret place, I have found my rest

Secret Place

The city’s looking hard tonight 
Sometimes I think the magic is gone 
The voice of Lou Reed in my bones
It’s so funny but it keeps me warm 
Yeah the city’s feeling hard tonight 

The city’s looking dim tonight
Sometimes I see you walking away 
The silent gait and leather boots 
Move below with nothing to say 
Yeah the city’s got it bad tonight 
Yeah the city’s got it bad tonight

The city’s a big mess tonight
But the A Train just keeps on running
Rats and bats and dirty things
Bad guys coming out and gunning
Yeah the city’s tilted red tonight 

The city’s looking hard tonight 
Sometimes I think the soul is gone
Reed and Cohen in a gaslight dream
You in Chelsea in the gray of dawn
Yeah the city’s looking hard tonight 
Oh the city’s looking hard tonight
Yeah the city’s looking hard tonight

Hard City

If you are as old as I am you may remember the Maestro Rhythm King.  It was one of if not the first drum machine in the 1960s..  It had awful sounding drums and even worse rhythms.  If you are not familiar with it see and hear it here:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujVwGjoT2U&t=235s

Anyway my good friend BobH was over Sunday and we put on a short drum machine loop and jammed to it.  BobH came up with a great guitar track that fit the repetitiveness of the drum machine so we thought why not make a song out of it. So we added our own parts to the drum track and hopefully spiced it up enough so it wasn't so redundant.

Bob is playing the rhythm track on my SX Tele guitar.
I am playing the lead and harmony on my Harley Benton fake Gretsch guitar and via my keyboard and breath controller the Swam Tenor Sax.
Band-in-a-Box is playing the balance of the tracks.

Rhythm King

Remember Me

She said she’s not unhappy
Just really likes the sad songs
It helps her think about things
All things both right and wrong

He says she’s always in his head
Like Patti Smith’s Book Of Days
He thinks about her way too much
And it leaves him in a haze

And they park down off the rail trail
And he moves away the garbage
And he spreads out his old jacket
And the wind comes down the mountain

He says baby I'm not joking
I'd be gone if I didn't meet you
There's a few things here in Tannersville
I find it hard to go back to

She grew up on the mountain
She's never really been anywhere
But the tourists come from far away
And they end up being everywhere

And they park down off the rail trail
And he moves away the garbage
And he spreads out his old jacket
And the wind comes down the mountain

She still loves to go out dancing
She’s got a touch of silver gray
Her first husband worked the railroad
And she’s trying to find her way

The sun was always a good sign
And that seemed like a reason
To spend some time in Kaaterskill Falls
Where they welcomed the new season

And they park down off the rail trail
And he moves away the garbage
And he spreads out his old jacket
And the wind comes down the mountain
And they park down off the rail trail
And he moves away the garbage
And he spreads out his old jacket

Tannersville

Powerful music depicting the agony of romantic betrayal. Full, encompassing backing tracks with a electric lead guitar telling the story.

Stabbed In The Heart

This song is a reply to someone who asked me why I always have a smile on my face like George Burns and Joe Riillo.

She's The One

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