singles
© 1988 Neal Gladstone There’s a brown 67 sedan standing in the rain With a blown transmission and a broken timing chain She used to take me everywhere I went Now her doors are rusted and her rods are bent Why’d you have to break my heart? Dodge Dart I was...
Song for us all
© 1994 Neal Gladstone , Barbara Gladstone When your heart is filled with wishes When you tire of life’s routine When you see your life dissolving In a television screen There’s a world of hidden pleasure True romance and high adventure Waiting for the one...
Big Fish
© 1994 Neal Gladstone The night is lonely the clock strikes three I sit here playing with my drum machine And wonder where he can be The drummer of my dreams He won’t be hostile and he won’t take drugs He won’t drop cigarette butts on my rugs...
Sleep Neat
© 1986 Neal Gladstone He was seeking a new direction For his colored slide collection Took a trans-Atlantic flight For 7 days and 7 nights Well you know the sign was hidden Saying pictures are forbidden So he focussed in his Nikon On a sacred ancient icon When a...
Mixed Company
© 1992 Neal Gladstone I’m in love with my cousin. Forbidden relation It happened last summer on a family vacation We met by the river. We swam in the water That’s when I fell in love with my own uncle’s daughter We hide in the shadows. We meet under...
Big Fish
©1978 Michael Koss Foreign eyes are meeting Inviting foreign smiles You’re such a lonely traveler Won’t you stay here for a while? Took a trip to Belgium Got there just in time Met a lovely lady She was skinny, five foot nine If you take a trip to see me...
memory
Neal Gladstone, the Corvallis comedian, songwriter and bandleader who was known for his quirky, funny takes on everyday life and objects, died on April 5, 2024, at the age of 78. Gladstone had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008. He and his band Neal...
Sleep Neat
© 1982 Neal Gladstone When you have unhealthy habits and your body falls apart And you need another kidney and you need another heart Get cloned, get cloned When you have a date with Sally but you’d rather be with Sue And you’d like to keep her happy and...
Big Fish
© 2001 Neal Gladstone Well we’re goin to the landfill Why don’t ya meet us at the landfill Things are comin to a standstill In every other part of town They’re puttin up a band shell They’re passin out a handbill Yeah we’re going to the...
Odd Penny
©2009 Neal Gladstone And now at last the hour has come To say good night to everyone We’d love to play all evening But the folks in back are sleeping! We’ve had such a lovely time You’ve all been so very kind ‘Til we get the chance to see you...
An American Dawg
1989 Neal Gladstone When there’s a grapefruit in your life Every morning is a treasure When you stumble from your bed, your eyes are slits of red And your tongue tastes like a tire When you open up the door Of your frost free Kelvinator There’s a gleaming...
Big Fish
©1999 Neal Gladstone There once was a time we were wild and free I thought we’d never be parted But then the years went drifting by And you slipped away from me Hair Hair splendid and rare Where in the world have you gone to Hair Hair I wish you were there Life...