1998 - Thanks to excellent 'Press' from 'Girls n Cows' cd - Bob Boilen of NPR's "All Things Considered" asked me to do a song about a weather condition - The first song I had done for them was "Cheese" - For a story about Wisconsin farmers - but it was barely radio quality audio - so luckily my neighbor was a chorale conductor and had a little studio set-up in his basement - so a huge thanks to Larry Farrow who recorded this - it still sounds fabulous - 

La Niña

La Niña, La Niña 
Bring your snowboard down to Ecuador
The weather's different than it was before
It's kinda nippy on the ocean floor
All because of La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña
The weatherman has got me runnin' scared
The lovely wife she just stood and stared
When I said I had to be prepared
In the event of La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña
I took my wallet to the hardware store
The prices higher than they were before
I wish I knew what I was looking for
To prepare for La Niña
La Niña,  La Niña
I asked the hardware man I met by chance
What he would do if he were in my pants
And then the hardware man began to dance
What I assume was La Nina
La Nina,  La Nina
Down to the aisle To the weather strips
He was swiveling his hardware hips
He took my hand and then he kissed my lips
As we danced the La Niña
La Niña, La Niña

®rgoldman dragbunt music

La Niña '98

WASHING DISHES

DANCE LIKE A LADY - The perfect children’s activity song. It tells the children to walk like a turtle or hop like a bunny or dance like a lady. Once they learn this one, they’ll make up their own verses.

LYRICS:
Dance like a lady
Dance like a lady 
Dance like a lady, 
Ting a ling a ling

I’ll give you a golden ring
Give you a bird to sing
Dance like a lady
Ting a ling a ling

Walk like a daddy
Walk like a daddy
Walk like a daddy
Ting a ling a ling

I’ll give you a golden ring
Give you a bird to sing
Walk like a daddy
Ting a ling a ling

Crawl like a baby (etc.)
Walk like a mommy (etc.)
Walk like a turtle (etc.)
Hop like a bunny (etc.)
Dance like a lady (etc.)

Words and Music: Patty Zeitlin (ASCAP)
Album: SHOEBOX TOWN

Shoebox Town

Dance Like a Lady

If it were up to me no one would hurt you
No one would cut you so deep
If it were up to me no one would desert you
You’d never cry yourself to sleep
          
And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars  

If it were up to me you’d be protected
By all the love you give
If it were up to me we’d be connected
All of the days we get to live

And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you                             
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars  

I can’t hold your hand all the time 
I’ve got to let go, I know 
Cuz you need to be free to follow your dreams 
 In this world on your own

(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)

If it were up to me a heart that is broken
Would bounce back like a ball
If it were up to me you’re eyes would be open 
And you’d never wait for his call

And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars 
In the sky above you

Words and Music by Tracy Newman
KABEAUTY MUSIC (BMI)

I Just See You

If It Were Up to Me

If It Were Up To Me

Saving the Republic

Old Mill Town

Old Mill Town R4 Mix 1.4

'02 - Written for a low-budget comedy satan film -
This was a quickie demo - 
Turned down because the director hated the band, 'Styx' 
And felt the song wasn't working for him - 
Hollywood is... Hollywood  

Here's the final version - without 'styx'
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/the-other-side-of-paradise-03 

So Raise a Glass to the Beloved 'Turned-Down' everywhere - 

Cheers

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE

Follow me down to the banks of the river, Styx
The band is wailing
We’ll put you up at the motel 666
We’ll leave the flame on
You can book yourself a reservation 
Kick-back in eternal damnation
Prices are low for long-time cheaters
Heaven knows we don’t need heaters
Even when you’re dead 
You can economize
We’re just on 
The other side of paradise

If you happen to be down by the river Styx
There’s plenty to save on
We’ll put you up at the motel 666
We’ll leave the flame on
Even when you’re dead 
You can economize
We’re just on 
The other side of paradise

®rgoldman dragbunt music

Richard Goldman's Album

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE  '02

Written in 1966 - Recorded in 2014

I was 16 & had a crush on the lead guitarist's 14 y/o sister 
My first band - The Humbys - We played parties  
We played the hits  
But only the hits we liked  
I'd been writing songs for a couple of years  
Many had 'coded' messages' 
This one particularly  
The first letter of each word in the Title 
Spells out her name - DALE  
The Humbys rehearsed in the guitarist's living room and 
Younger sister, Dale would watch 
While splayed all-over the sofa  
There are some things you just 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 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 times
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

®rgoldman dragbunt music

DO ALL LOVES END  '66

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  '66

Harriet Schock and Andrea Ross-Greene wrote this nostalgic look at the holidays with a new reason to celebrate.

Always Here

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Oleander Road

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Back To Oklahoma

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