"...someone's knockin at the door, somebody's ringin the bell.....do me a fava?-- open the door, an let em in....." Paul Mccartney and Wings---I is a'knockin at the door to your Optimism!!!!!

That's fantastic, Stark--
" all gone to look for America--"-- i know every word to that one by heart!

How about "At the Zoo"?--love that one too-----horrible that you lost your mom so early in life-----I lost mine early too--she was diagnosed as a Paranoid Schizophrenic----Hey--you ne'er met a more down to earth, intelligent woman in your life-----I love my mom today--she is forever with me; in my thoughts, my way of thinking--she has not gone from me. So long as I live, she lives. I think they just wanted to label her something; she was a single parent in the 50's (not the trend),
and simply overwhelmed by raising three kids alone.

"Cloudy", "59th Street Song"," For Emily whereever I may find her"--like Cat Stevens too?
I love trading songs with you---love your way of thinking---theo

Oh, I am 55----but that doesn't seem to strain the way we communicate!!!
My kids (oops--33 & 34) love the old music-----have introduced me to some of the new too--

"...But when I see you smile, I can face the world..."--another thing my mom always said--was that "Each of us is given Unique talents, we just have to find out and address them--that is where we can be blissfully happy"-----You are creative--you write songs! Wonderful!!!