I can't think of anyone who could play Bob. 'Cept maybe his son...

"Ballad in Plain D" was not only too personal, perhaps, but it was also horrendously unfair to Carla Rotolo (Suze's sister), and just a tad self-indulgent. On the other hand, it has that great last verse:

My friends from the city, they ask unto me
How good, how good does it feel to be free
And I answer them back most mysteriously
Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?

What a marvellous lyrical image to end a song with!

- LH