My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out and it was with a novelty song. Now, all of my recording obligations have been taken care of. I made 14 albums for Warner Brothers. Five for United Artist before that.

I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.

See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired.

There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Whitecaps in profusion all around me, but somehow in your eyes I found the strength to sail upon that raging sea.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.