Obscure lyric for the week of May 4/09

Good Monday morning music fans. I trust you had a wonderful weekend. I think that with the continual sunshine that spring is finally here. We finally got the snow tires off the car, so that should be a true harbinger of spring. My apologies to those of you from the north who may still have snow falling in June.

I searched through my music library and found this song. It is on a compilation album that I have and was purchased for me by my beloved as a gift as I really only liked one song from the artist. From that comment you can extrapolate that I have never purchased any of this artists music. I have, however, begun to appreciate the skills and poetry of this persons work since listening to their "greatest hits".

This person grew up in the U.S. and was raised in a family where music was a constant. The artist even started out in a short lived duo with a family member. This person has been around for some time and their professional work began with in 1971 when a self titled album was released. The song I have chosen was released on an album in 1994 and the basis for the album was information that was never completed for its purpose, I suppose to compare it to blogging it would be like keeping a blog for editing but never posting it. Apparently, this song was written about the artists mother and Jackie Onassis both of whom dies in 1994.

here is this weeks lyric

Often I want to walk

the safe side of the street

and lull myself to sleep

and dull my pain

I would like to know the following:

The name of the song:

The name of the artist:

The name of the album:

Trick question: name the son of another famous artist who plays on the album:

Have a great week, enjoy the sun and all the signs of life that are early spring.