PaRtY BoY Song Stories

SIDE A: 

PARTY BOY - I wrote this song about a boy I met in college. We 

never dated or anything. We both ended up in New York at the 

same time and he and his friend had a life of parties fueled by 

their private mix tapes. He was the only guy I knew who liked to 

dance, so I invited him to whatever functions I needed to attend 

that included dancing. Several years later this boy suffered a 

traumatic incident from which he has never recovered. He got 

married. To me - 

CHEVY BABY - This is a true story about a New Jersey couple 

who tried to trade their baby for a used Corvette Stingray. USED. 

They were arrested. Please see 1981 New York Post article, or 

Google the story in The New York Times, for more. 

DOUG - Another true story news story in NYC. An elderly couple 

lived in an apartment building on the Upper East Side. The man 

died in their apartment of natural causes. His wife couldn't bear 

to be without him, and kept his remains until his body fell apart. 

Which she sneaked into the dumpster outside - bit by bit. The 

neighbors noticed the smell and reported it to the police. The 

wife was not arrested. I called this "Doug" - in honor of a friend's 

turtle who passed away.

SIDE 1: 

(HOW TO KEEP YOUR) HUSBAND HAPPY - Inspired by a Debbie 

Drake exercise record of my mother's. It includes actual tips 

by Debbie. She was a true believer. I can't imagine. 

PSYCHIC JOAN - Another true story - about the lost love that 

turned my friend Joan psychic. 

SIAM - My spiritual nod to the ancient mantra we learned as 

children: "Oh wah - ta goo - . . . " 

WILD MOOSE PARTY - My unnaturally large black cat Moose 

used to lie on his back in hot weather, twisting, with his arms 

up. Chris Stamey took a photo of him and we realized, if you stood 

the photo up, he looked like he was dancing.