I've seen them face the rilles with their songs

I always thought that we could end the killing.

But now I live in fear that I was wrong.

His song "Goodbye Josh," dedicated to his friend and mentor Josh White, is also straightforward, and foregoes maudlin sentiment for a simple, sincere farewell.

"Plato's Song," a love poem by Plato which Peter put to music, succeeds in replacing the conventional and the overly sentimental with an understanding vocal and with unusual, intricate, evocative music.

In "Tall Pine Trees," Peter's own well-developed sense of the poetic complements a melody reminiscent of Eastern European folk music. "Beautiful City" sounds very much like some of Peter, Paul and Mary's early work. Other songs, although they have weak points here and there, are on the whole good. Peter has not definitively decided where his music should go, but has produced the most convincing evidence of an attempt to borrow from the old in order to create a more meaningful new.

The differences in the album are incidentally revealed, even by the inside of the record jackets. Mary offers written comments by Mary on every song she sings. Unfortunately, her songs are the least memorable for their message and need to be justified by personal reactions. Paul and includes the lyrics which, had they not be printed, would not endure in the hearer's mind. The music alone is not engaging enough to draw the listener into the words. Peter has a picture of Peter singing to an infant. His music correspondingly speaks for itself, and he may reasonably hope that new ears will be interested in his new thoughts.