Richard Dieker
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Can't Afford to Live Here Blues Can't Afford to Live Here Blues
Oh, the pain of living in South Florida... Oh, the pain....
2/9/2008 Country-Pop
I Just Can't Walk the Line I Just Can't Walk the Line
From time to time, I have been told I sound like Johnny Cash. This is my response.
5/30/2007 Country-Pop
Run Rabbit Run Run Rabbit Run
Why do we consider killing a fun activity? Lessons taught as a child still haunt me...
5/30/2007 Country-Pop
Bomba's Shack Bomba's Shack
My favorite bar on Tortolla, just a short distance down the beach from where I stayed at 'Shifting Sands'.
5/30/2007 Country-Pop
Bleeding Heart Bleeding Heart
An honorable soldier takes issue with my song of peace, and listening to his story, I try to unravel the feelings behind his views. His pain and mine come together in our goals--to protect the children. Now what?
3/16/2007 Country-Pop
Intelligent Design Intelligent Design
A look at the religious world from a young man trapped in a parochial school in the 40's, and the wild stories he was expected to believe, without question, under threat of eternal damnation if he didn't.
3/16/2007 Country-Pop
End of Evolution End of Evolution
We are bringing about the end of evolution through over-population, pollution, and the rapid destruction of many species of life on our fragile planet. The prognosis is not good.
3/15/2007 Country-Pop
Broken Bridges Broken Bridges
'So many broken bridges, that I've left behind to burn.
3/15/2007 Country-Pop
Priests and Politicians Priests and Politicians
A lament on the many priests and politicians awaiting trial or currently serving prison terms, or who have resigned in disgrace for scandalous conduct . The song is not an indictment of good and honest priests and politicians, just the crooked ones
3/15/2007 Country-Pop
Cold October Rain Cold October Rain
Her eyes 'beckoned me for a walk in the Cold October Rain', and my life changed.
3/13/2007 Country-Pop
Little One Room School Little One Room School
A nostalgic snapshot of life in a one-room school in rural Kansas in the 40's.
6/20/2007 Country-Pop
Loxahatchee Blues Loxahatchee Blues
Inspired by Anna Nicole Smith's story, a country boy from Loxahatchee seeks a wealthy widow in Palm Beach.
3/11/2007 Country-Pop
Some Good Girls Do Some Good Girls Do
Oh, the wonderful stresses of youth trying to balance the struggle between the preaching of our parents and the urges of our hormones...and trying to determine what makes something good or bad....
3/3/2007 Country-Pop
Still Building Steam Still Building Steam
'I'm climbing up that mountain, and I'm still building steam'
3/2/2007 Country-Pop
Hurricane Hurricane
A tongue-in-cheek look at hurricane preparation in South Florida, where I live, and the sometimes crazy things we do in the process.
1/5/2007 Country-Pop
The Way It's Always Been The Way It's Always Been
A fun song about the 'player' characteristics of country singers--'flirt a little, get caught in the middle, play second fiddle, hey, love's a riddle.....'
8/27/2006 Country-Pop
Listen to My Eyes Listen to My Eyes
Sometimes feelings are never translated into words, but they speak loudly through our nonverbal behavior, especially the eyes. Sometimes we must listen to the eyes and hearts, not the words, to find love.
8/27/2006 Country-Pop
