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View the full archive of Marshall Stern's Songs Peace This song was written in five minutes while sitting on my porch in Nashville watching the sun go down signaling the start of Yom Kippor. Yom Kippor used to be the worst day of my life as I was raised to think of it as a day of suffering. When I grew old enough to see it as a day of giving up the things of this world so that I removed all barriers between G-d and me, it became a very sacred day for me. This song expresses the profound peace I was feeling at the time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Across The Great Divide This song took 15 minutes to write but it also took a lot of pain and too much Ambien. Needless to say it was the day after a massively bad break up. In the words of too many crazy fucking songwriters, "Hey at least I got a good song out of it." Honestly though this is one of the best I have ever written. Only one line was rewritten from the original version at the behest of my rep at BMI. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Forever I'll Be Your Friend Written with my favorite co-writer, Hodge Cook. This song ia about the kind of love that is perhaps the most important kind and yet the one least written about. Dedicated to all my friends. Especially Michael and Steve, my brothers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guilty By Suspicion Technically I was not guilty when I wrote this but in point of fact I was only technically innocent. Even so it turned out to be a good song and for those of you out there who really are being unjustly suspected I hope it helps. As of now I am one of you but at the time...oy! I was guilty in my heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Point Of No Returning Written just after I left about my wife of thirteen years. As it turned out it was best for all involved (we are great friends now), but at the time I was concerned about whether I was going to regret it. Luckily, it turned out much better than the song. Sometimes leaving is the right thing but it is hard to cross that bridge and set it to flame. Another Hodge Cook co-write. That's him on the Piano. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | In A Single Tear My first Co-write with Hodge Cook. Chuck Neese owns the publishing and paid for this demo. I just liked the idea of a tiny thing like a tear containing so much. Note the bridging of the word tear leading into the actual bridge. I fell in love with that device and it shows up in a few of my songs. This was recorded in Nashville with session players, Hodge on piano and me on vocals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | When It Comes To My Baby I have always secretly had the desire to be a lounge singer. Hodge and I co-wrote this one as an homage to crooners and balladeers of a bygone era. I love the feel of this one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sure As Sunrise Maybe it's because I was a bass player but I have always loved the drop D tuning. This is one of my mellow drop D songs about romance and the certainty that no matter what happens to a relationship, the love is real. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Keep It Country So how did a jewish boy from NYC end up in Nashville writing country music? Honest to G-d I don't know but I did play country music in the tri-state area for a spell. My two bands were Marshall Dillon and the Deputies (yes I worked under the name Marshall Dillon) and Four In The Morning (which is featured in this recording). Hi Rob, Marc and Neil. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sank Like A Stone Co-written with Richard Bach with whom I had to fight for inclusion of the line, "Everything was double, so I was twice as alone." I just remember laughing a lot with Rich while writing this one. Performed by Four In The Morning. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Miles and Miles Away I wrote this one on a Greyhound Bus going back to Long Island after my first trip to Nashville. Can you tell I was reluctant to go home? This was recorded with Four In The Morning and was my first recording playing bass. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Can't Outsmart My Heart I wrote this one with Corey Hite, who is also singing in the recording. I absolutely love her voice. I hope she's still out there somewhere singing the blues. That's a lot of soul for a blonde blue eyed Christian girl from Minnesota. That's also me on Bass and drum machine with Dean Hall (Tom T. Hall's son) kicking major ass on guitar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Always This is a beautiful song that expresses wonderfully my belief that love, once given, is eternal. Relationships change but the love has a life of its own that goes on no matter what we do. I realize that in my life I love all the people I have ever loved, even those who I hated for a time. The love wins out. Always. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Roads Lead Home Wherever you go, there you are. It doesn't matter what route you take, your own true nature is always the destination. What is your own true nature? Ask the Buddha. If he answers you, kill him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Aren't We Children I sat in my home studio for three hours trying to write something and came up with nothing. Suddenly I looked up and said to G-d, "I haven't written one for you in a while. Would you like me to?" Ten Minutes later "Aren't We Children" was finished. I love this song and what it says. I also like the drop D tuning. Nancy, (my sweetie), is doing harmonies on this along with me. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | It Aint Your Train I was reading "A Return To Love" by Marianne Williamson and there was this great line in there; "If It didn't stop at the station, it wasn't your train." Well, I thought, not only is that a great philosophy but it has a train in it, hence, it could be a Country song. Unlike my 15 minute songs, this one took years to write. The version here evolved over 13 years. I love what this song has to say. If you can take it to heart, you can enjoy your life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | If You're In Chains I  belonged to a wonderful race relations group in Nashville. I wrote this one for them. This is one of Nancy's favorites. I am very proud of the imagery of the burning tree. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Window Box This song, co-written with Hodge Cook, is one of my all time favorites. It's a word picture I wrote at a time when things were stinking pretty badly but there was a spark of hope and I wanted to write a song about that. The point is, winter is always followed by spring. I used to love singing this one A Cappella with my dear freinds the Radlauers in Nashville. Nancy and I are doing the harmonies on this recording. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Looks Like I'm In... Just Fun. I love those old balladeers and the songs of that era. This was an homage written with Hodge Cook. This was a chance to play with lyrics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | He Turns The Page Life goes by. It seems to speed up as you get older. I have found that it is best to live in the now. Most people don't do that and end up like the man in this song having nothing but pictures in the end. I co wrote this with a young lady named Lee. Unfortunately I don't remember her last name, so Lee, if you hear this please contact me and tell me your last name. I guess the old guy in this song isn't the only senile one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |