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Songs -- Writing

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 364 Collections and/or Records:

“Fast as I Can” (loose pages)

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 12
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 1998

Fire Line Road” (loose pages, originally taped together)

 File — Box 4, Folder: 13
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2008

Flyers, 1988, undated

 Series
Series Description

Series VII, “Flyers, 1998, undated,” contains concert flyers from various gigs and appearances

Dates: 1988, undated

Folder labeled “Liberty Bar and Mission Street, 85,” containing lyrics and notes from San Antonio, 1985. Songs include “Storekeeper” (later released on Candyland, 1992) and Unknown: “Get your guitar out and play, dear James” (loose pages), 1985

 File — Box 8, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1985

Folder labeled “Ranch House 84-85” containing lyrics for early songs including “Small Town Boogie”; Unknown: “New Year’s Eve and no one’s here”; “Your Ex Old Man”; Unknown: “Why some people live here, I don’t know”; Unknown: “How’d it get this way”; Unknown: “Just lookin’ for a song to sing”; Unknown: “Alone in the night …” (loose pages), 1985

 File — Box 8, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1985

Folder labeled "San Antonio Ridgewood 85-86” containing lyrics for Unknown: “Winter in San Antone …” and Unknown: “The thug that lives upstairs …” and notes and two pages of a hand-written short story (loose pages) , 1986

 File — Box 8, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1986

Folder labeled “San Antonio/Woodlawn complete lyrics” containing typed lyrics to four songs dated 1987. Songs include “Dancing in Starlight,” “A Long Way Down,” “Your Ex Old Man,” and “Song for a Deck Hand’s Daughter” , 1987

 File — Box 8, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1987

Folder labeled “Waterford / Talkeetna ’84” containing lyrics for early songs including Unknown: “I remember as a child tossing a coin …”; “Catfishing, Arivaa Lake, Arizona”; “Cut Throat Musician”; and “The World on Hold” (loose pages), 1984

 File — Box 8, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1984

“For All I Know” (loose page)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 1997

“Fraulein O” (loose pages)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 28
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2004

“Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call” (notepad and loose pages)

 File — Box 5, Folder: 13
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2021

“Full moon, third of June” (loose pages)

 File — Box 7, Folder: 14
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: undated

“Fuller Brush Man” (loose pages)

 File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 1995

“Funeral Home Song” [RH 84-85] (loose pages), 1985

 File — Box 7, Folder: 23
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1985

“Gone to the Y” (loose pages)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 20
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2002

“Guadalupe” (loose pages)

 File — Box 8, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: 1984 - 1987

“Gulf Road” (loose pages)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 21
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2002

“Hands Like Rain” (notepad and loose pages)

 File — Box 1, Folder: 17
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 1992

Hard Drive 1: Labeled “12th & Porter 6-26-2003”

 Item — Box 19
Contents

Glyph netDrive brand, Directory name: 80GB; Folders include “Desktop Folder,” which is empty, and “12th and Porter 6-26-03.” All files are dated June 26-27, 2003, with folders created on Aug. 1, 2003. Files appear to be 44 tracks of short soundcheck, and 23 tracks of the show itself.

Dates: 1984 - 2021

Hard Drive 2: Unlabeled

 Item — Box 19
Series Description

Glyph netDrive brand, Directory name: GLYPH-1; Folders include “Check,” “Encore,” “Set_1,” “Set_2,” and empty folders “TheFindByContentFolder” and “TheVolumeSettingsFolder.” All files are dated May 2, 2001, with folders created on July 8, 2003, and July 21, 2003. Files seem to be sound check files, 2 sets, and a short encore performed on May 2, 2001.

Dates: 1984 - 2021