For most of my life I always thought it would be really cool to make an album. I wrote lyrics for over 30 songs when I was in the Army and copyrighted the best 10 or 12 with the Library of Congress in 1992, but never really did anything with them (even though my dad used to ask me towards the end of his days: When are we going to do something with our songs? ) After almost dying myself from a stroke (basically a sports injury) last year, I realized that I don’t have all the time in the world to do this.. *There are two different versions for those who would like to play and sing these songs themselves.