RHAPSODY IN RED INK It's a real big deal Headline news The pundits say that it just can't be true Markets crash Politicians clash The treasury is running out of cash Rhapsody in red ink The climates getting hot It's a real big deal and you got the feeling Someone's taken you for all you've got It's been signed and sealed In a smoke filled room Witnessed only by a privileged few Now there's lives at stake What difference does it make These guys don't care how many backs they break Rhapsody in red ink Is it just a clever plot? It's a real big deal and you got the feeling Someone's taken you for all you've got Everybody's wondering who to blame Only scapegoats end up in jail The guilty parties don't get named 'Cause they're just too big to fail The average Joes and And the average Janes Don't know what's going on in their good names They think their money's safe and sound In their retirement account They got no idea what's gonna trickle down Rhapsody in red ink Someone's made off with the pot It's a real big deal and you got the feeling Someone's taken you for all you've got Solo Everybody's asking who's to blame when Only fall guys end up in jail The guilty go free back to their old ways Cause they're just too big to fail It's a real big deal Headline news Crimes were committed while the feds just snoozed There's no flashing lights No handcuffs in sight Just lawyers making money from the movie rights Rhapsody in red ink Ticket sales are hot It's a real big deal and you got the feeling Someone's taken you for all you've got And someone's taken you for all you've got. Vocal, guitars and bass: Mark Newstetter Drums: Joyce Baker Engineered by Robert Preston at Get Reel Studio, San Francisco, CA. ©2014 Mark Newstetter

For Tonya and Michael Where are you now? I sit alone at night and wonder, In moments of reflection, Gaze out the window and recall … Where is the time? The turning of years like pages, The chapters of a story, We tell each other as we live … And each day we become, Who we were - who we were all along, And we find out in time, As we write our lives, Where we must be And with whom we will share Where will you be? When the day begins once more, Changes make us new, Remind you how you came so far … So far from where you were, Now you look at the horizon, See which way the future goes, As you reach your own crossroads, And so we find our way, Toward our dreams and desires, And that’s all there is, That’s all that I know, Where you are now, Is where you must be, Know that I care, As much as can be, And where you are, Is where we are, Now. © 2019 Mark Newstetter