Tucson, Arizona
Rising in the heat like a mirage
Tony keeps his Chevy
Like a virgin locked in his garage
He brings it out at midnight
And cruises down the empty boulevards
And he prowls the darkened alleys
That snake between the city's thirsty yards
The lonely desert skies reflect the anger in his eyes
And it is dawn
His father died of drinking
And left five children sinking
With his mom
His older brother Bobby
Never made it back from Viet Nam
With high school well behind him
He lives at home and works this shitty job
And he thinks his '60 Chevy
Is the only true amigo that he's got
His heart is filled with sadness
And his soul is like some ugly vacant lot
Mary Estell Hanna
Come out from Lousiana for the sun
A deal gone bad in Dallas
Left her burned and broke and on the run
To make the rent and groceries
She takes this job at $3.15 an hour
Serving shots of whiskey and tequila
In some smokey red-neck bar
And she dreams someday she'll make her way to L.A.
And become a movie star
Tony saw her working
He swallowed hard and asked her for a date
Mary laughed and answered
"I would but every night I'm working late"
He said he had some cocaine
That she could have if she'd just ride along
She said "What the hell, I may as well
I haven't had no fun in so damn long"
He picked her up at closing time
They pulled out on the road
And they were gone
Tony's mom got frantic
When she found her son had not come home
Mary's roommate panicked
And called the sheriff from a public phone
They asked her lots of questions
She tried her best to tell them what she saw
And late that night they found poor Mary
Lying is some narrow, dusty draw
And the coroner reported that she hadn't been
Deceased for very long
Two weeks on they found it
Buried to the windshield in the sand
There inside lay Tony
With a small revolver in his hand
The papers simply stated
It must have been the drugs that drove him mad
The neighbors speculated
What could make a good boy go so bad?
Well, it might have been the desert heat
It might have been the home he never had
"Tuscon, Arizona (Gazette)" Epic, 1984
Words and music by Daniel Fogelberg
Copyright 1984 Hickory Grove Music (ASCAP)
"My all-time favorite track. The critics dismissed it due to its length but I am still fiercely proud of it. It was an immense undertaking and took months to complete. I consider this probably my best journalistic lyric writing. A movie for the ears, all it lacks is the popcorn."-Dan Fogelberg, from the liner notes in Portrait. Released on LP, CD, and cassette tape in January, 1984 by Epic/CBS Records
Produced by Dan Fogelberg with Marty Lewis for Full Moon Productions
Certified Gold
The Language Of Love
Dan Fogelberg - electric, lead & rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, percussion, lead & background vocals; Joe Vitale - drums; Kenny Passarelli - bass; Mike Hanna - piano, organ; Joe Lala - cowbell, tambourine; Timothy B. Schmit - harmony
Windows And Walls
Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, piano, clock, lead & background vocals; Mike Hanna - keyboards, Roland Jupiter synthesizer, chimes, Prophet V synthesizer; Strings arranged by Dan Fogelberg & Mike Hanna
The Loving Cup
Dan Fogelberg - lead electric & rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, lead vocal; Joe Vitale - drums; Kenny Passarelli - bass; Mike Hanne - piano, electric piano, Roland Jupiter synthesizer; Max Gromenthal & Dan Fogelberg - background vocals
Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)
Dan Fogelberg - acoustic & classical guitar, lead electric guitars, bass, lead & background vocals, Roland Jupiter synthesizer; Russ Kunkel - drums, tape loop, castanets; Mike Hanna - piano, Roland Jupiter synthesizer; Joe Lala - congas, triangle; Strings arranged by Mike Hanna; Rhubarb - Gary & Katharine Burden, Charlie Fernandez & Dave Falkenberry
Let Her Go
Dan Fogelberg - lead electric & rhythm guitars, tambourines, lead & background vocals; Russ Kunkel - drums; Norbert Putnam - bass; Mike Hanna - piano, electric piano
Sweet Magnolia (And The Travelling Salesman)
Dan Fogelberg - acoustic piano & vocal [recorded live at Caribou], electric piano, bass; Russ Kunkel - drums; Tom Scott - clarinet; Timothy B. Schmit & Dan Fogelberg - background vocals; Strings arranged by Mike Hanna)
Believe In Me
Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitars, high string guitar, bass, lead & background vocals; Mike Hanna - acoustic piano; Strings arranged by Glen Spreen
Gone Too Far
Dan Fogelberg - lead electric & rhythm guitars, piano, lead & background vocals; Jeff Porcaro - drums; Mike Porcaro - electric piano, Roland Jupiter synthesizer; Timothy B. Schmit - harmony
Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland CO; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; The Plant, Sausalito, CA; Longview Farm, Brookfield, MA
Engineer - Marty Lewis
Cover Photography - Marc Allen Feldman
Sleeve Photography - Andy Katz
Album Design - Kosh and Ron Larson
"Language Of Love" reached #13 on the Billboard top 100.
All compositions by Daniel Fogelberg
1984 Hickory Grove Music & April Music (ASCAP)
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