And by thwe way, Rap:

Go ahead and write a song with those first two lines. It would be fun to see where they carry you. Gordon Bok has been a friend of mine for over 30 years, and we greatly enjoy each other's music. Bok, Tirckett and Muir recorcded two of my songs :Living On The REiver and Old Blue Suit, which is humorous, as my subject matter is hardly maritime. I always thought it would be fun to give Gordon two lines and let each of us write a song, based on those two lines.

Stephen King works on stories the way I write songs, starting out with a couple of characters and a setting, and then letting them carry the story.

I started a song once with just two lines, with no idea where it was going to go:

"It was a nice night; at least I thought it was nice
It was the right time; at least I thought it was right"

Jerry