I recently went to see my friend David Wiseman play at the September concert at Maples. It was a bittersweet evening. I was glad to hear him sing his songs again, as he is my favorite local songwriter, but i was sorry to see that his hearing had further deteriorated and that he is beginning to have significant memory problems. (As i have, though not so advanced yet.) I was inspired to write this bittersweet song (my 51st).
This is the first time in my life that i have written two songs in two days. This is also the fourth song that i’ve written that has no rhyme. As usual, the melody is not particularly inspiring.