This book is a collection of most of my songs, recast as poems by eliminating some of the repetition that is characteristic of song lyrics and rearranging them a bit. They were written over a fifty-year period, and, over that time, my experiences have grown and my sensibilities have shifted in various ways. But I have tried to not let my older self censor my younger selves, believing that the earlier writings might be more relevant to some readers than the later ones.
