I was born in the Bronx, New York . Moved to  Queens (NY) early on and pretty much grew up (photos) there. I've moved around a bit and now live in Smithtown NY.  Started playing the guitar at age 12 and I've been involved with music since then. More than anything, I love writing songs and here are a few...

Musical influences  Dimitri Tiomkin , Jimmy Webb, Elmer Bernstein, Burt Bacharach, Beatles, Carol King, Tim Buckley, Ennio Morricone, Fagen and Becker,  Buddy Holly, Neil Young and Tim Hardin to name a few.

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Soldier
Sarah Carey	Ducky (you be beautiful too)
A Good Run	Sheila
Somewhere South Of True Love and Romance
A Good Run	A Simple Explanation
Santa Fe	Under Blue, Blue Moon
Winter Times Three	Louisianna
Twenty Degrees	Dale and Roy

Music and Lyrics Manuel Ytuarte

Sarah Carey

(Lead vocal by Martha Trachtenberg)

To the west with his dream, to his bride-to-be, Youngman Connor rode. Meant to marry, Sarah Carey.

And he rode straight and true, through to Cumberland, for love it drove him on

Momma’s Scripture, portrait of his sister, Daddy’s rifle- his Kentucky Long.

 No law, no justice on the wilderness side – came gunman plundering

Poor Sarah watched and wept as her daddy died, the pistol thundering.

Almost there, with a prayer as the sun set, and the rain began to fall  

Darlin’ Sarah, so much I long to share, count the blessings in this new frontier

 Nowhere to hide, door open wideand she ran – one witness to her fate.

Out in the darkness, in the cold and the rain . . .stood Youngman at the gate.

 It all came down to single round, Youngman trembled, the rifle in his hands

Lord please find me, don’t let this darkness blind me, pray deliver, in my time of need.

Guide me through, let my shot ring true, as it’s written, an eye for an eye

 Chain lighting lit the sky, a glorious site, and Youngman found his man

Long Rifle roared with vengeance into the night and then to Sarah he ran…he ran

 To the west, with his dream to his bride-to-be, Youngman Connor rode

There he married Sarah Carey .

Ducky (You Be Beautiful Too) 

There you go again, runnin’ to your room and then

Hidin’out, you ride it out

Curled up deep inside of your own little world

Push it all away, every thing you heard ‘em say

Let it drop, make it stop

Never, let ’em see how it hurts little girl

I know it’s tough for you in school

I know those kids can be so cruel

The little pretty ones, pointin’ fingers poking fun

Put you down, push you around

And nothing you can do can make them take it all back

Laughin’ at your hair, laughin’ at the clothes you wear but

They don’t know, nothing though,

Deep inside you’re diamonds and gold . . that’s a fact

I know they’re treating so bad

I know it’s making you so sad

But Ducky you be strong

And Ducky you be true and

And Ducky – you be beautiful too

Like a precious pearl, the beauty lies within you girl

Let it out, never doubt

A better day is comin’ girl just give it some time

So I don’t wanna see another tear don’t wanna hear no

Sighin’ now, cryin’ now

Cause baby don’t you know that this all works out fine

And the gray becomes a blue

And your sun come shinin’ through

So Ducky you be strong

And Ducky you be true and

And Ducky – you be beautiful too

Yeah, Ducky you stand tall

And Ducky you get through

And Ducky – you be beautiful too

Instrumental Section…

So Gimme a smile

Bah-dah da  da dah,,,

And all the gray will turn to blue

And all your sun come shinin’ through

But Ducky you be strong

And Ducky you be true and

And Ducky – you be beautiful too

Yeah, Ducky you stand tall

And Ducky you get through

And Ducky – you be beautiful, Ducky you be beautiful, Ducky you be beautiful  too

Soldier

Well I’m  comin’ on home,  gonna come through that door, gonna kiss your lips like never before.

Yeah it won’t be long, till I see your face, but I’m writing this letter baby just in case (but)

 This ain’t no way, this ain’t no way this ain’t no way to say goodbye.

 Well, the sand it burns and this sun it blinds, and this soldier’s running out of time

Yeah they got me good, yeah they hurt me bad. But I’m comin’ home  baby now so don’t cha be sad …

This ain’t no way, this ain’t no way this ain’t no way to say goodbye.

 This ain’t my time, this ain’t the place and this ain’t no way to say goodbye.

And I can almost hear you call my name,

I can almost see you, touch you , feel you – home

I gotta  get home, home sweet home

Home, I gotta  get home, home sweet home

 Deep down in my heart, I carry you there

Your love is my hope your name is my prayer

I pray as I wait, for those buddies of mine

That swore they’d never leave a brother behind.

This ain’t no way, this ain’t no way this ain’t no way to say goodbye.

(home, you know you gotta get home)

This ain’t my time, this ain’t the place and this ain’t no way to say goodbye.

(home, you know you gotta get home)

Well I’m comin’ on home

Sheila (give me back my heart)

 

Give me back my heart if you don’t want it anymore

Take away these chains if you don’t need me like before

 

You know that lover’s song you used to sing, well I can’t hear it anymore but

the bell still rings, still rings for you…

 

Give me back my life if you won’t share yours anymore

I’ll give you back your key, if you don’t want me at your door

 

They say the truth can be a bitter pill, though it may hurt me baby it don’t kill so

tell me, tell me, tell me true…

 

Sheila - say what’s on your mind

Sheila - am I gonna find

that I’ve been loved but lost and left behind

 

Sheila – it’s gotta be this way

Sheila – no matter what you say

I’ll always love you like I do and it’s true –  just you…

 

You know that lover’s song you used to sing, well I can’t hear it anymore but

the bell still rings, still rings, for you… so please…tell me …

 

Sheila - say what’s on your mind

Sheila - am I gonna find

that I’ve been loved but lost and left behind

 

Sheila – it’s gotta be this way

Sheila – no matter what you say

I’ll always love you like I do and it’s true –  just you…

 

I’ll always love you like I do and it’s true

 

Somewhere South (of True Love and Romance)

(lead vocal Ami Jane Russell - Jim Walther on backup vocals)

The highways of my heart, well they don't run through true love's ways
and every intersection leads to lonely nights and desperate days...

(They say) some roads may end in love, that precious, everlasting kind
but I can't seem to find the sign that points the way . . . to mine.

Well, I’ve done my share of cryin’, I’ve had my poor heart shattered, I've lost the things that mattered one too many times - I'm heading South.

Down Solo Avenue, then up through Disillusioned Lane
Yeah, I’ve paid a toll at every stop I’ve made . . . along the way.

Well, I know what I’ve been missin’, I know what I’ve been hopin’
That southbound lane  is open baby that is where I’m bound…I’m heading

Somewhere, south of “True love” and “Romance”, shy of “Heartbreak”
and far from “Promises un-kept”.

Somewhere, right outside “Wild Abandon”, straight through “Passion”,
and deep down into “No regrets”.

I’ve been thinkin’ bout a change, a new direction I might take…
I think I'm gonna cruise the wild and wicked streets … of my Southern States

Cause, I’ve had enough of heartache
I’ve had enough of sorrow
I know that my tomorrow brings nothing but the same…so I’m heading

Somewhere, south of “True love” and “Romance”, shy of “Heartbreak”
and far from “Promises un-kept”.

Somewhere, right outside “Wild Abandon”, straight through “Passion”,
and deep down into “No regrets”

A Good Run

(back up vocals Laura Hull, drums/percussion Joe Scott)

It’s been a good run, better than most get.
A promise each sunrise, a comfort each sunset
It’s been a long road, and I’ve walked that fine line
It’s been a good, good run.

Been dealt a fair hand, there’s little I regret
I’ve held my child close, no stronger does love get
For every dark day, then always the sun shined
it’s been a good, good run

Bridge:
Never been a lucky one like some seventh son of a seventh son
but I‘ve had a dream or two of mine come true just like any one.
Wouldn’t trade this life of mine for another place or another time
Cause here I find, satisfied mind.

Ever the winds change and ever the tides turn
Fortune may follow or fortune may fade
Maybe my luck holds or maybe this all folds
But it’s been a good, good run

(instrumental)
Wouldn’t trade this life of mine for another place or another time
Cause here I find, satisfied mind.

It’s been a good run, mmm mmm mmm

Santa Fe

(vocal Kathy Fleischmann )

I'm missing my Santa Fe, and the world I knew in a better day. 

My heart aches for Santa Fe, and I'm going home, yes I'm going home. 

They said we were almost through, we'd be shipping out in a week or two. 

I knelt by my tent and prayed for my Western World . . . and my Western Ways. 

There, where the setting sun lays carpets of gold. 

Where the Rio Grande, runs straight through my soul. 

Santa Fe, Santa Fe.  

I carried the picture close, a reminder here of what matters most - 

the photo of you and me on that final day, down in Santa Fe.. 

I stared at the city fires and the darkened smoke from the temple spires. 

I fell as the shot rang out, and I slipped away, to my Santa Fe. 

There, where the setting sun lays carpets of gold. 

Where the Rio Grande, runs straight through my soul. 

Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Santa Fe.  

I'm walking in Santa Fe, in the world I know and the place I'll stay. 

My heart rests in Santa Fe, now I'm home, yes I'm home.

A Simple Explanation

(vocal Laura Hull)

I could write a letter
A simple explanation
Maybe you would find it comforting.

Once my life was shining
Once the music filled me
Once you were a part of everything

and then the waves came…rolling, crashing, pounding, smashing…
And then the world changed - your voice, your touch, your eyes…fading.
I said “I can’t see you anymore. Baby, I can’t see you anymore”.

I could make things better
A little consolation
Surely you would find it comforting

Winter Times Three

(vocal Martha Trachtenberg)

A blanket of blue for her love she wove, a gift for his going away. 

A farmer he was but the war had come and they called him "to soldier" that day. 

Choices were few - run away, join the Gray, join the Blue. 

The Union Band played as they marched that day 

and many farewells could be heard 

"A blanket my love, a reminder of the warmth and the woman that waits" 

"Woman abide, when this ends I'll return to your side". 

He'll return, He'll return someday. 

Maybe Summer, oh maybe Winter … he'll find a way. 

He'll find a way. 

Winter times three since he went away and Winter times three did she wait 

The child in her arms with his father's name and the dream of the day they would meet,

all that remained and the promise to find her again. 

He'll return, He'll return someday. 

Maybe Summer, child maybe Winter "he'll find a way. He'll find a way". 

A rider appeared on an Autumn morn and slowly he came into view, 

Tattered and torn such a sight forlorn then he smiled and she suddenly knew. 

"promise kept true" - he was wrapped in a blanket of blue.

Under Blue, Blue Moon

(vocal Kathy Fleischmann)

Somethin's broken in this tired town, the rain keeps fallin' and the sun stays down, 

the crop is thin, and the lights grow dim under blue, blue moon. 

Main and Maple - there's a single store, just the basics no one needin' more. 

The faded "Welcome" in the window glows under blue, blue moon. 

This old town had its day. This old town fades away beneath a blanket blue and gray. 

Cotton King in all the glory days, the bitter harvest with its toll to pay. 

All left abandoned and then set ablaze under blue, blue moon. 

Gone the Manor, gone the servants too - the land forsaken by the chosen few. 

Those remaining learned that nothing grew under blue, blue moon. 

This old town had its day. This old town fades away beneath a blanket blue and gray. 

Americana with a twist of fate, the rusted hinges on the busted gates, 

two battered pickups on a moonlight date under blue, blue moon. 

Quarter mile from county line, beyond the highway and mobile sign, 

a couple stranded with the ghosts of time, under blue blue moon. 

This old town had its day. This old town fades away, this old town had its day . . .

Twenty Degrees

Twenty Degrees, and I’m waiting out in this cold. Twenty Degrees, and I’m countin’ on you to show.

Maybe you’ll will, maybe you won’t, well I don’t know. But baby you’re late, and I’m wonderin’ should I go…

 Well I can’t walk that lonely road no more.

Can’t I hope for something more somehow…oh, oh, oh

 Startin’ to snow, it’s blowing all down the street. It’s a Cold hearted town, barely a pulse, barely a beat.

A fitting farewell , so darlin’ don’t cha be long.  Put this wind to your back, yeah, it’s time to be movin’ on.

Take my hand and come away with me…

Find the place we were meant to be…oh, oh, oh lets go.

 Twenty Degrees, and I’m waiting out in this cold.

Maybe you’ll show, maybe you won’t, well I don’t know. But I’ve gotta believe, so I’ll give it a minute more…

Ride That Train

(vocal Larry Ytuarte with Manny/Laura Hull backup vocals)

Why I ride, Ha ! I can't say
maybe it's the Clickety, clickety, clackety song the iron plays
Or the fading towns behind me and the promise of a new life found along the way.

Westward ho Hey!– that's what they say
Maybe Amarillo, maybe San Antone or Santa Fe.
When that whistle starts a blowing I know it's time for goin', rollin' on.

Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again
Gonna Take the Line that never ends – yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again.

In the wind, ha! It's all I know
Rollin' over hills, over plains, over borders there I go
And a comfort does surround me, like a fortune all around me when we roll

Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again
Gonna Take the Line that never ends – yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again.

Woman don't cha cry, Ha! Time has come
It's better for us both if I just collect my things and run.
Where the world will never find me, I don't need a star to guide me, these tracks are right beside me all the way.

Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again Yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again
Gonna Take the Line that never ends – yeah, I'm gonna ride that train again.

Dale and Roy (Music/lyrics Ken/Manuel Ytuarte)

(vocal Manny with Laura Hull)

Dale I've been trying, hoping you'd return my call.

Dale quit your hiding, it's a crime to make a grown man crawl.

You,   got no reason to lock me from you lovin' ways.

You, your heart is freezin' don't make me wait another day

Roy, in the city, I really love the life I found.

Roy, if you were with me, you'd only try to bring me down..

I can make a new start, if you'd only let me try.

I could play a new part, the part of me that needs to fly.

Just let me fade from your picture - I don't need no man, you can be sure!.

Girl From The North-County Line

(vocal Laura Hull)

When the winter calls, and the snow first falls

Under blankets of white, in the quiet of night he recalls.

Was a time of love, hearts so young, stars above

but the fragile world shattered and all that had mattered was gone.

With the girl from the North County Line

Yes the girl, not the marrying kind.

And she talked about a life outside our town.

Like the Great Divide, on the farthest side

of a mountain, a valley, an ocean, a trail he can't find.

Gone the girl from the North County Line

Yes the girl, not the marrying kind

How she talked about a life outside our town.

And the seasons fly, and the years go by.

He still thinks of the look in her eyes as her train pulled away.

Louisiana

(vocal Laura Hull)

Rows and rows of weeping willow, I'm lying on my pillow, daydreaming
Summer days C'est savoir faire, blue-eyed boys with golden hair in my daydream.

I know my work has gone undone, I know the fields have been left behind. and oh Louisiana, just killing time.

The hammock gently sways, somewhere the music plays such a sweet thing.
Beneath the shady trees, my baby waits for me, in my daydream.

Another day slides by, a small delay in this working life , oh Louisiana, God's blessed your skies.

A whisper on the breeze, so softly calls to me . . . in my daydream.
Don't leave me, lover stay. Don't waste this precious day or this sweet dream.

I know my work has gone undone, I know the fields have been left behind  and oh Louisiana, just killing time.
oh Louisiana, just killing time.

I Don't Know Why

Baby  know your love is good but your love it hurts me too 

Maybe that's why I wonder if we'll ever see this through. 

I don't know why, I'm tangled up inside 

Maybe it's the way you hold me close and love me through the night. 

Maybe it's the way you look at me when things ain't going right. 

I don't know why, I'm tangled up inside I don't know why, you're never satisfied. 

Maybe this love is wrong Maybe the time's not right 

Maybe we're not that strong but baby just hold on tight 

baby there's the way you come to me with loving sweet and fine 

but baby there's the way you turn your back and don't pay me no mind. 

I don't know why, I'm tangled up inside.

That's The Way It Should Be

We've been standing on the party line all day, all day 

We've been drinking just to pass the time all day, all day 

And that's the way it should be, that's the way it's gonna stay 

We've got something that a man can t buy all day, all day 

We keep pumpin' till the well goes dry all day, all day 

And that's the way it should be, that's the way it's gonna stay 

Relax a little boy. Cool down, cool down, cool down. 

Wake up that tired horn. Make some funky sounds 

We've been standing on the party line all day, all day 

We've been drinking just to pass the time all day, all day 

And that's the way it should be, that's the way it's gonna stay!

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