"Life In Song" #15: "Street People" This song is a little documentary movie in song. If you can imagine walking down the side walks of New York City or any big City and reading the faces and attempting to perceive the stories behind each person's outward mask...It's really about the sport of people …
January And The Summer Folks-Song 014
"Life In Song" #14: "January And The Summer Folks" was inspired by a blizzard we had that kept us home bound for a few days. The first part of the song is descriptive of what I was seeing out my window in the snowstorm. Then the second part is remembering summer as in a day dream...then we come back …
Mamas Boy-Song 013
"Life In Song" #13: "Mama's Boy" was inspired by a kid named Billy who got on the bus every morning with the most studied attitude of "cool". He was one of the tough kids at school who over the years had made my life miserable. I was a classic bully target for most of my school days. But I started …
Songs Through A Window-Song 012
"Life In Song" #12: Songs Through A Window was written after a new traffic light was put up in my neighborhood. I wondered what it might be like to live in the house right on the corner where the changing light would shine in all night. I created a young woman who took in the world through her eyes …
We All Scream Sometimes-Song 011
"Life In Song" #11 "We All Scream Sometimes" was a response to something that happened to my dad. He'd been dutifully working his heart out at Union Carbide Corporation and they gave him his pink slip. Even though he hated his job, it seemed to take a lot out of him to not have work to go to. He got …
Where Have All The Rebels Gone-Song 010
"Life In Song" #10: Where Have All The Rebels Gone is a protest song about the fact that by 1977 all the people from the sixties who had burned the flag and demonstrated against the Vietnam war had pretty much stopped protesting and were going for the "good life". It was sparked by an article in the …