Taking a look at things that were done in America’s past that we need to take ownership of and then work towards correcting.

Song #1 “No Excuses” –Let’s stop making excuses and begin to paint America with a kinder face from here on out.

Song #2 “We’re So Civilized” – Often we think that we’re so civilized compared with other parts of the world. Perhaps, we should look more closely at some of our behavior.

Song #3 “Sad Day at Wounded Knee” – The story of the Wounded Knee Massacre and how we need to right this abhorrent wrong.

Song #4 “Give’m What They Want” – Get what you really want and don’t let them feed you with the often needless merchandise that is being pushed on us every day.

Song #5 “I Know Some People” – Sometimes people who once were down to earth lose their authenticity by pursuing endeavors that demand them to be someone other than themselves.

Song #6 “They Have No Home”  – A friend of mine has been working with many of the homeless in Rochester, New York. To be supportive of his and other’s efforts I shared this song to try and bring more attention to their needs.

Song #7 “I Wish I Could Say It” – A son asks his parents why more wasn’t done to try and limit the human behavior that was contributing to the destruction of our planet.

Song #8 “What Is It Worth?” – In the end, how much is it worth if you just end up selling yourself to the highest bidder?

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Song #1 “Stay True” – A simple song about staying true to oneself.

Song #2 “You’ll Need Your Love Tomorrow” – A song that reminds us that if our anger should start to consume us we need to do our best to hang onto our love.

Song #3 “Fly Towards Your Purpose” – We each have our purpose here and we need to be careful that at some point we don’t start to “pivot” towards the expectations of others.

Song #4 “Be Yourself” – Nothing more needs to be said.

Song #5 “Play It Pure” – Play it from your heart and less to meet the demands of the audience.

Song #6 “Let Your Love Be You” – “Let your love be your sunlight. Let your love be your compass. Let your love… let your love be you.”

Song #7 “Part of You” – We are part of IT all and all of IT is part of us.

Song #8 “Who You Are” – A fun, upbeat song that encourages us all to realize that if we can sing our songs honestly and live our lives sincerely then our experience here will be much fuller.

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Song #1 “Thirty Long Years and More” – A joyful, happy song about the struggles and rewards of being a songwriter. Always be true to your song and you’ll always be where you belong.

Song #2 “Ridin’ This Train” – My experiences of growing up and living in the USA are re-examined on this surrealistic train trip across the country and through history.

Song #3 “I’m Still Singing” – A celebratory song about the joys of doing what you love to do.

Song #4 “Movin’ Kinda Slow” – Sometimes moving a little slower than the normal pace of most people can actually gets you to the place that you want to be quicker.

Song #5 “Brown Paper Sack” – My very first song.  Written in early 1971.

Song #6 “Just an Underground Hippie” – I’ve never been much interested in groupthink and this was how I navigated the sixties. I never spoke the lingo, never got into drugs, but I could relate to what a lot of folks were searching for and I learned a lot from that time of my life.

Song #7 “I Grew Up in a Regular Family” – At the age of 22 years old I began to reassess what was meant by the “regular” tenets that I was brought up on.

Song #8 “I Still Believe It’s True” – A love song about the lasting believe that our love can continue grow and become clearer with our sincere efforts.

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Song #1 “I Can’t Stop Looking” – We may be easily distracted sometimes, but our search for an authentic love beyond the simply defined ones is our true quest.

Song #2 “Take Me Home” – A song that requests some assistance in getting back to a place where I once understood my love more clearly.

Song #3 “Looking for the Love Within” – My one and only song that I sing a cappella.

Song #4 “I Wish I Could Know” – A simple song that expresses my attempts to come to know my love.

Song #5 “As I Look”– “As I look.  The more I see. That we can come to know our love.”

Song #6 “We’re Looking” – We may distract our lives for a long time with the pursuit of many other things, but in the end we are really trying to come to understand our love. This pursuit may evade us for many years, but for many of us there will be a day when our love taps us on the shoulder and we turn to realize that it is what we have been searching for our whole lives.

Song #7 “Come to Know Your Love” – A song that encouraging us all to put more of our efforts into understanding a greater love.

Song #8 “Let Your Love Be You” – “Let your love be your sunlight. Let your love be your compass. Let your love… let your love be you.”

Song #9 “Have You Ever Woke Up?” – Sometimes, we need to shake ourselves and wake up. It’s a good morning when we wake up to the love that we hold within and let it all come out.

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