ADADThe lyric is in a Forbert song called “January 23-30, 1978.” It came out in 1979 on the album “Jackrabbit Slim.” The first single from that record, “Romeo’s Tune,” reached No. AD“It is literally an accurate account,” Forbert told me when I rang him up not long ago. “Maybe that’s why you like it, too.”ADHere’s a perspective that’s always in my mind: Life — living — often seems like something we ought to know how to do. I told Forbert about something an elderly reader once said to me. “I’m sorry,” she said, flustered, “I’ve never been old before.”“I can relate to her line,” Forbert said.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2020 21:11 UTC