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		<title>A thousand girls have told me so&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They used to call me the bard of bitterness, denial, and regret. Well&#8230; it was kind of a one-liner I made up to put on my show flyers. But&#8230; you know. I think I mentioned sometime last year that a girl I&#8217;d once dated, early in our relationship, asked me to sing her a love [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I didn&#8217;t know I could still be scared (Valentine&#8217;s Day)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A clumsy, rushed, homemade card and a bouquet of flowers plucked between my car and the current GF&#8217;s door and presented with the aw shucks charm of a little boy cozying up to someone he thought might give him a toy later if maybe he was charming enough. That&#8217;s why I live alone with my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Called Your Name</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The sun poked down through tall pines in a mountain canyon in early fall a long, long time ago. The air was cool but the sun was warm on his shoulders and back as he squatted on a rock above the little creek watching insects skitter across the surface and small, silvery fish darting in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Head Full of Crazy, Heart Full of Fire</title>
		<link>https://ayearofsongs.org/blg/2005/12/08/head-full-of-crazy-heart-full-of-fire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Just about every time I ever sang this song in front of people I know, someone has laughed out loud at the line, &#8220;I work all day and I sweat in the sun&#8221;&#8230; Fair enough. The song is certainly not autobiographical. And there&#8217;s certainly more than a little whimsy. But, you know&#8230; there&#8217;s just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Without Warning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artistic, romantic types (like us singer-songwriters, yo) often seem to fall in love with goddesses and ghosts. Those conversant in the literature of myth and legend are probably familiar with the deeply troubled relationships that grow when man and immortal become romantically entwined. I wrote this song in 1974 when I was involved with a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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