"I haven't changed, I'm just better at expressing myself. When I listen to the early things. I write songs about my life. It's not an unhappy life. Because I run my mouth . You know. Express myself… Straight Ahead, she says it like some say 'Later!" smiling, her conversational tone glittering briefly into the first lines of one of her classics…

"Straight Ahead the road keeps winding…
Narrow, wet & dimly lit.
Vainly looking for a cross roads
Where our weary souls can sit.

Lost and needing some direction
Dodging ruts along the way
Som'a these roads confuse a body
Lead a trusting soul astray

For some this road is smoooth and easy
Travelin' High without a care
But if you got to take the backroads
Straight Ahead can lead no where

On this road you got a problem
Getting where you want to go
Speed limits almost down to nothing
Straight Ahead, but awful slow…"

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