Hi CarolC:
I am often the last person to get anything!!! But, as I have said on many occations when giving a workshop or being interviewed about my approach to ballad writting... I write Human Rights songs, or Historical Ballads, not Political music. As such, I almost always throw away the last verse. Actually, I think I may have said this also on the "Rape" thread. But, so far, I threw away the last verce of this song, not even writing it down, threw away the last verse of Yvettes Song, Amadou Diallo, and a couple of others. Personaly, I think it is why my music is more often praised than critisized, because it puts the picture before the listener, and the listener makes the final conclution. It is a risk, but, I think that is what makes art - art, the allowence for the individual to take a part in the process of understanding. -
Thanks for the interest... Larry