» The Spaniard
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I wrote this with my son in mind. It was one of two songs (Red John being the other) that I came up with upon my recovering from depression and picking up the guitar again (after an interregnum of five years) in 1986. The song is a juxtaposition of the pleasure to be gained from a young family and the poignancy with respect to the loss of one’s own youthful bravado and potency. That these two songs should open the CD is purely incidental, but their position there is perhaps apt. |