Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Part 1
Prologue: Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees! 3
The Piano 7
My Grandfathers 9
August 1977 13
Lourdes 17
My Aunt Frances 23
The Train 27
Lost in the Music 31
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 37
My Mother's Record Collection 41
Why I Sing 43
The House of the Rising Sun, Part One 47
The House of the Rising Sun, Part Two 53
The House of the Rising Sun, Part Three 59
Song to the Siren 65
Sisters 71
Any Dream Will Do 75
John, I Love You 77
About My Dad 79
Poem from My Youth 81
Part 2
Who Are You? 85
Settling In 97
A Lesson or Two 101
Inflammable Material 107
Shaving My Head 111
The Lion and the Cobra 115
Clocks 'n' Woks 121
My Boy Lollipop, July 1987 125
The Way Young Lovers Do 129
There Is a Light and It Never Goes Out, 1987 133
Good News, Bad News, Et Cetera 139
Funny How Time Slips Away 143
Paper Roses 147
Sheviti Adonai L'negdi Tamid 151
That's Why There's Chocolate and Vanilla 163
War, Part One-Saturday Night Live, 1992 169
War, Part Two-Gotta Serve Somebody 175
It Ain't Necessarily So 179
The Condition My Condition Is In-1992, a Few Days Later 181
Homeless Man at Easter 185
War, Part Three-October 1992 189
My Star-Spangled Banner 193
Part 3
Some Musical Notes 199
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got 201
Am I Not Your Girl? 205
Universal Mother 209
Gospel Oak 215
Faith and Courage 219
Sean-Nós Nua 221
Throw Down Your Arms 225
Theology 227
How About I Be Me 231
I'm Not Bossy 235
Coming Soon … 237
Dagger Through My Heart 241
The Greatest Love of All 245
Lou Reed 251
Some Lessons and True Tales 253
Mr. Bigstuff 255
Jake, Roisin, Shane, and Yeshua 257
The Wizard of Oz 265
Forward and Now 275
September 25, 2019 279
Postscript 283
Epilogue 285