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Songs by DC
listed in approximate order written
adding links to MP3s and words little by little - most mp3s done (8-22-10)

Explanation of abbreviations In the Listen Other column and links to the projects

GFP - Songs for To Find the Girl from Perth
BOD - Boat of Dreams
16-track - deleted scenes from Boat of Dreams

MFCBV = Music for a Comic Book Video
NSP - Nuke Songs Produced by John Blakeley
LowFi = Homemade Low Fi Songs
Weird 8 track - a section in the Weird Department

Blaise - songs done with Blaise Smith
FBE - Fooled by Everything
NSE - Not Something Else

I = instrumental; K = song for or with Kelly (1st son born 73)
Compellations: [sort]=Assortment( 72), [zzz]=Zero(79-12), [sss]=SomeNew(80-04). More notes at bottom. Those marked "for Liz" are for Elizabeth Tuomi.
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Song Name - acoustic archival recordings
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If no acoustic version, other linked from here

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1

Chile Chile of Chile

 

 

1955x

 Fort Worth

2

A Possum Fell

 

 

 

 

3

Wood is a Many Splintered Thing

 

 

 

 

4

Let’s Put God Back in the Schools

 

 

1962

 

5

Let’s Pretend It’s Forever

 

 

 

 

6

Someday Be a Long Time Ago

 

 

 

 

7

Let's Castro Castro

 

 

 

 

8

Like No One’s Ever Been to Me

 

 

 

 

9

Black Bart

 

 

1963

 

10

Thank You Clay

 

 

 

 

11

Come Let Us Build a New World Together

 

 

1964

 Mississippi

12

Don’t Cry

 

 

 

 New Orleans

13

Mommy and Daddy are Naked

 

 

 

 

14

Buy a Ticket to Yourself

 

 

1966

 

15

Frisco Jeans

 

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1969

 Done in Pacific Grove

16

Real Cream in Rio

 

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1970

 On the road - See song page

17

I Hate Zen

 

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 Tassajara - acapella

18

No Hope for Us All - [---2---]

 GFP

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19

 Born and Raised in Slavery

 

 

 

 

20

I’m an Egomaniac

 

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21

Zen is Fun

 

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22

This is a Very Short Song - [---2---]

 

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23

I Want to Be a Bodhisattva Baby

 

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24

Walkin Down Dusty Road

 

 

 

 Would  sing this at Tassajara walking alone

25

The Wind is Swingin Through the Streets

 

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1972

 SF City Center

26

Please Take Me Out to the Woods - [sort] - [---3---]

 

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27

Nobody Knows the Way I Feel

 

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28

Jammin with John - I

 

 

 

 

29

Angel Angel

 

 

 

 

30

Waiting for Some Pancakes from my Mom

 

 

 

 

31

It’s Only Today

 

 

 

 

32

Take This Man

 

 

 

 

33

All the Things You Promised - [---2---]

 

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34

How I’m a Wishin I Was in the Mission - I   [---2---]

 

 

 

 

35

Takin a Walk in the Smog - [---2---]

 

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36

Dumb Chords - I

 

 

 

 

37

Won’t Kick Me Out

 

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38

I Tried

 

 

 

 

39

Fuckin Up

 

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40

On and On and On - [---2---]

 

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41

Tender Love

 

 

 

 

42

What Was it Dear

 

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43

Ride the Wave, Drive the Wave

 

 

 

 

44

Farewell to Endangered Species - [sort]

 

 

 

 

45

Trade It for a Better One

 

 

 

 

46

Market Street - [sort]

 

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47

Song for Paul and Susan

 

 

 

 

48

Life is Very Strange

 

 

 

 

49

In That Way

 

 

 

 

50

My Darlin Dianne

 

 

 

 

51

Long Time We’ll Be Gone - [sort]

 

 

 

 

52

Yes It’s True - I

 

 

 

 

53

Dyin in the City

 

 

 

 

54

Now I Wonder Why

 

 

 

 

55

We’ve Lost the Land of Dreams

 

 

 

 

56

Haven’t You Heard

 

 

 

 

57

Killin Flies - I

 

 

 

 

58

Song To Make Friends By - I

 

 

 

 

59

Won’t You Listen to the Night

 

 

 

 

60

Organ Solo - I

 

 

 

 

61

The Day’s Too Hot and Smokey for Trouble

 

 

 

 

62

Standin in the Lobby of a Theater

 

 

 

 

63

Back to the Old Congregation

 

read w/chords

 

 

64

Keeps Goin On

 

 

 

 

65

Jackhammer Man

 

 

 

 

66

Lost Love - I

 

 

 

 

67

My Broken Guitar

 

 

 

 

68

Hello Sweethearts

 

 

 

 

69

Yellow Bird

 

 

 

 

70

I Can’t Do You Any Good

 

 

 

 

71

I Know a Girl

 

 

 

 

72

Goodbye

 

 

 

 

73

Soft Reverie - I

 

 

 

 

74

No Way of Knowing

 

 

 

 

75

Trying You

 

 

 

 

76

Dianne’s Feet

 

 

 

 

77

Let’s Go in the Nude - [sort]

 

 

 

 

78

Together We Could Make it Through - [sort]

 

 

 

 

79

Lost Friends

 

 

 

 

80

Lazy Town

 

 

 

 

81

Can’t Follow Through

 

 

 

 

82

You’re My Friend Too

 

 

 

 

83

Double Trouble

 

 

 

 

84

I Need Another Minute

 

 

 

 

85

Don’t Feel Right

 

 

 

 

86

There Ain’t no Turnin Back - [sort]

 

 

 

 

87

This World Now

 

 

 

 

88

Dear Trash

 

 

 

 

89

Just a Little While Ago

 

 

 

 

90

Lady is Walkin Tonight

 

 

 

 

91

I Ain’t Through

 

 

 

 

92

Konnyaku

 

 

 

 

93

She Needs a Man Like That

 

 

 

 

94

San Francisco Has No Weather - [sort]

 

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95

I Fall in Love with Water

 

 

 

 

96

Lookin in the Closet

 

 

 

 

97

Oh Tonight

 

 

 

 

98

Sunlight Sits on the Floor - [sort]

 

 

 

 

99

The Pig in the Poke - [sort]

 

 

 

 

100

This is One Man Just Don’t Know - [sort]

 

 

 

 

101

Reflection  - I

 

 

 

 

102

On Some Mornin Not Far Away

 

 

 

 

103

What a Day We Had Today

 

 

 

 

104

On the Day They Come to Take Me Away

 

 

 

 

105

In Tassajara - [sort]

 

 

 

 

106

Down by the Zendo - [sort]

 

 

 

 

107

Earth Mother - [sort]

 

 

 

 

108

Not for Me - [sort]

 

 

 

 

109

Other Power

 

 

 

 

110

Trembling Hands

 

 

 

 

111

What’s the Feelin

 

 

 

 

112

Sweet Virginia

 

 

 

 

113

No One Comes to Through the Line

 

 

 

 

114

Song of an Old Tree - [sort]

 

 

 

 

115

Patriarch’s Delight - [sort]

 

 

 

 

116

Everybody’s Tryin to Put Everybody Down

 

 

 

 

117

Praise Be - [sort]

 

 

 

 

118

I Sat on a Bench

 

 

 

 

119

Love Sweet Love has Buried Me Today

 

 

 

 

120

Love for You Is Waiting - [sort]

 

 

 

 

121

Dying Love

 

 

 

 

122

The Lovliest Beast of Them All - [sort]

 

 

 

 

123

It’s Time Babe

 

 

 

 

124

Equinox

 

 

 

 

125

 I Do Feel Love from You - [sort]

 

 

 

 

126

Crazy Hung Up

 

 

 

 

127

When Things Get Tough

 

 

 

 

128

Baby I Just Can’t Resist - [sort]

 

 

 

 

129

How Do We Love

 

 

 

 

130

Love’s Goin Away

 

 

 

 

131

Tonight the City Feels So Tender

 

 

 

 

132

What You Got on Your Mind My Love

 

 

 

 

133

I Hear Where You’re Goin

 

 

 

 

134

I’m Always Waitin

 

 

 

 

135

Bow to Krakow

 

 

 

 

136

Never Get Tired of You

 

 

 

 

137

Why Do I

 

 

 

 

138

Livin on the Skin

 

 

 

 

139

Dizzy Day

 

 

 

 

140

Miss Lima Bean

 

 

 

 

141

Do Leaves Feel Pain

 

 

 

 

142

Way Fore Mommy Daddy Were Born

 

 

 

 

143

Pointed Head

 

 

 

 

144

If Your Heart Thinks You Can

 

 

 1973

 Done at Green Gulch Farm from here

145

Look at the State I’m In

 

 

 

 

146

How the Time Does Go

 

 

 

 

147

Rock in your Rockin Chair

 

 

 

 

148

As Simple as That

 

 

 

 

149

Oh Dianne

 

 

 

 

150

When I Tried to Please Them

 

 

 

 

151

Foggy Days

 

 

 

 

152

Dianne How are You

 

 

 

 

153

My Babe

 

 

 

Dianne harp

154

Dianne’s Gonna Have a Child

 

 

 

 

155

All that We Assume

 

 

 

 

156

Off-key - I

 

 

 

 

157

Hillbilly Queen - [---2---]

 

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 1974

 

158

Pull the Sleeping Bag Over

 

 

 

 

159

One Fine Night

 

 

 

 

160

What you Think you Are

 

 

 

 

161

Brief Possessions

 

 

 

 

162

An Old Log

 

 

 

 

163

American Zen

 

 

 

 

164

This and That

 

 

 

 

165

Priest’s Wife

 

 

 

 

166

It’s Hard to See

 

 

 

 

167

Godzilla

 

 

 

 

168

Sweet Betty Brown

 

 

 

 

169

No No No

 

 

 

 

170

Ain’t No Time

 

 

 

 

171

Copasetic

 

 

 

 

172

I’ve Been Tryin to Change Your Mind

 

 

 

 

173

Goin to the Doctor in Point Reyes

 

 

 

 

174

On the Way to Love Tonight

 

 

 

 

175

It’s Late

 

 

 

 

176

Livin on the Farm

 

 

 

 

177

Self and Others

 

 

 

 

178

Rock in the Room

 

 

 

 

179

Seven Days

 

 

 

 

180

Troublin Sue

 

 

 

 

181

Once Upon a Forlorn Afternoon

 

read  w/chords

1976 

 First song written in Bolinas - for Liz

182

As Only Lovers Do - [---2---]

  NSE

read w/chords

 

 for Liz

183

Should we Swat the Demons

 

 

 

 

184

Kelly’s Song

 

 

 

 Kelly

185

Sit Down Then at the Table

 

 

 

 

186

Times are Catchin

 

 

 

 

187

Hardheaded Woman

 

 

 

 for Liz

188

When the Tide Is On the Full

 

 

 

 

189

Sleep Tight

 

 

 

 

190

She Kisses Me and She Holds Me Tight

 

read w/chords

 

 for Liz

191

Can’t Go on Trips

 

 

 

 

192

Pandemona

 

 

 

 

193

Don’t Say No

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

194

She Stuck her Finger in My Ear

 

 

 

 

195

Gratitude

 

 

 

 

196

Lady’s Just Another Man

 

read w/chords

 

 

197

Dat Chord

 

 

 

 

198

Who Are You

 

 

 

 

199

People Got Nothin   [---2---]

 

 

 

 

200

Life is Short - [---2---]

 

read  w/chords

 

 

201

No Other Place

 

 

 

 

202

If Love is Money

 

 

 

 

203

Sing a Song for You

 

 

 

for Liz - I said I'd write a song for her with the overused line "you can run but you can't hide."

204

I’m your Long Lost Friend

 

 

 

 

205

I thought of You

 

 

 

 for Liz

206

Taking Him Off to their Dreams

 

 

 

 

207

Same Old Song - [---2---]

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

208

What’s the Time

 

 

 

 

209

Livin Sideways on the Highways

 

 

 

 

210

Go Down that Lonely Road

 

 

 

 

211

Don't Record This Song

 

 

 

 

212

Trees

 

 

 

 

213

Bargain Basement

 

 

 

 

214

Come Along

 

 

 

 

215

Something on the Line

 

 

 

 

216

Will it be a Big Surprise

 

 

 

 

217

Animal Smile

 

 

 

 

218

Take it Easy Baby

 

 

 

 

219

What has Become of the Weather

 

 

 

 

220

Laied Back Days

 

 

 

 

221

Everlovin Apple

 NSE

read  w/chords

 

 

222

Was it Love that Made a Fool of Us

 

 

 

 

223

Where you Put your Passion

 

read  w/chords

 

 

224

I Love you Daisy - [---2---]

 

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 for Liz - these 3 songs done in Forth Worth

225

I Love You

 

 

 

 for Liz

226

Tomorrow I Will See You

 

 

 

 for Liz

227

People Wanna Go Wanderin

 

 

 

 

228

Complicated

 

 

 

 for Liz

229

Poor Man

 

 

 

 

230

Chivalry

 

 

 

 

231

In Sacramento Now

 

 

 

 

232

We Will Still be Friends

 

 

 

 

233

Like to Cook at Home

 FBE

read  w/chords

 

 

234

This World is Doomed

 

 

 

 

235

Delightful - K - [---2---w\K being quiet]

 

 

 

 

236

What is It

 

 

 

 

237

Worship

 

 

 

 

238

Do What You’re Doing

 

 

 

 

239

Off to the Shore

 

 

 

 

240

Make Me Wanna Go Home

 

 

 

 

241

Listen to the Pulse

 

 

 

 

242

Be a Buddha

 

 

 

 

243

Instrumental Fill - I

 

 

 

 

244

I’m a Fool Again

 

 

 

 

245

I Like Corn - K - [---2---w\K]

 

 

 

 

246

El Dorado

 

read  w/chords

 

 

247

When the Day Comes Down

 

 

 

 

248

I have Loved You

 

 

 

 for Liz

249
 

Inner City Smitty
 

 

read w/chords
P2   w/chords

 

 

250

Little Friend of Mine - K

 

 

 

 

251

You’re on Your Own

 

read w/chords

 

 

252

Bad people

 

 

 

 

253

Affection

 

 

 

 

254

It’s Love Forever

 

 

 

 

255

That’s Life

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

256

Been a Long Time

 

 

 

 

257

Poor Hero

 

 

 

 

258

Magic Pickle - [---2---w\K]

 

 

 

 

259

Daddy, Happy Birthday Today

 

 

 

 

260

Used to Walk Down these Streets

 

 

 

 

261
 

Pornographic Song
 

 

read w/chords
P2   w/chords

 

 

262

If There’s Anything

 

 

 

 

263

Dear Tassajara

 

 

 

 

264

Dance for Simple Joy

 

 

 

 

265

I’m Your Only Child

 

 

 

 

266

Introduction to Love Song

 

 

 

 

267

It Was You

 

 

 

 for Liz

268

They’re in Love

 

 

 

 

269

What Will Become of Us

 

 

 

 

270

Can’t Do Nothin But Sing Songs

 

 

 

 

271

Noise - I

 

 

 

 

272

Duck talk

 

 

 

 

273

Hint of Beauty Before Us

 

 

 

 

274

Gardenia - [---2---]

 NSE

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275

Bein Alive - [zzz]

 

read w/chords

 

 

276

Little Lady Ann

 

read w/chords

 

 

277

You’ve Come a Long Way Baby

 

 

 

 

278

Horse Song

 

 

 

 

279

Song Lady

 

read  w/chords

 

 for Liz

280

Mudhole of Our Lives

 

 

 

 

281

All is One

 

 

 

 

282

Song of an old man

 

 

 

 

283

Vastlands of Despair - [---2---]

 

read  w/chords

 

 

284

Strange Room

 

 

 

 

285

What Can Jeremy Do

 

 

 

 

286

Walkin My Baby Frog - [---2---] - [---3---] - K

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

287

I Forgot

 

 

 

 

288

Baby Doll

 

 

 

 

289

There Will Be Tragedy

 

 

 

 

290

From You to You

 

 

 

 

291

I May Have a Love

 

 

 

 

292

Bondage

 

 

 

 

293

It’s Not Something Else

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

294

Do-gooder

 

 

 

 

295

Help, I’m an Animal Escaped from the Zoo

 

 

 

 

296

Waitin for You with the Sound

 NSE

read  w/chords

 

 

297

Ancestors

 

 

 

 

298

Spout - [---2---w\K]

 

 

 

 

299

Ekley Rides the Bongo Board

 

 

 

 

300

Keeps Rollin On - [---2---]

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

301

When We’re Finally Home

 

 

 

 

302

If Death Were Sunshine

 

 

 

 

303

Lady by the Sea

 

 

 

 for Liz

304

If it’s Rain We Want - [---2---w\K]

 

 

 

 

305

Just Got Back from Monterey

 

 

 

 

306

Good Luck on the Planet Earth

 

 

 

 

307

Please Don’t Chastise Me

 

 

 

 

308

Twas Valium that Saved the Day

 

 

 

 

309

Bring Heart

 

 

 

 

310

Giraff - [---2---w\K]

 

 

 

 

311

Julie the Heart

 

 

 

 

312

Oh What a Night

 

 

 

 

313

In California

 

 

 

 

314

Jimmy

 

 

 

 

315

Cocaine

 

 

 

 

316

Things of Love

 

 

 

 

317

Addiction

 

 

 

 

318

Goodbye Bird - [---2---w/ K]

 NSE

read w/chords

 

 

319

Instrumentall - I

 

 

 

 

320

Innocence in the Fire

 

read  w/chords

 

 

321

Steppin Out

 

 

 

 

322

Broken Couples

 

 

 

 

323

Lovely Songs