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Ballad of the Person I Was Yesterday

from John B. & Me by Rick Cormier

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This is the only song that ever took me a year to finish. I needed a line for the 3rd verse that basically summed up my life.

While waiting for that one line to come, I wrote many songs and even started writing comedy songs just to help me change gears, creatively.

Finally, the line came to me. "Times change and people change.. AND TRAINS DON'T ALWAYS RUN ON TIME..."

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from John B. & Me, released November 30, 1975

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Rick Cormier Santa Fe, New Mexico

I began drumming at age 10; Played guitar, sang and wrote original ballads and comedy songs during my 20's; I played the lead character in the musical, "Hair" in 1979; I wrote electronic instrumentals throughout my 30's; Hand drums since my 40's... I became a proponent of freestyle community drum circles. I've written five books, including "MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy" ... more

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