Once you were a lonely woman
Didn't have a friend in the world
Couldn't even take what was given
Didn't know the shell from the pearl
Now you wanna let me go
But, first you gotta make things right

	And it's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but the choice is next to none
	It's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but it's not the only one

And I won't make it seem that it's all that bad
'Cause you're makin' your way and of that much
I'm glad, oh yes, I'm glad for you
It took a long, long time
Of playing everbody's fool
Now you're really out there walkin' the line
Yeah goodbyes are rough but this one is up to you

	And it's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but the choice is next to none
	It's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but it's not the only one

And I won't make it seem that it's all that bad
'Cause you're makin' your way and of that much
I'm glad, oh yes I'm really glad
It took a long, long time
Yeah goodbyes are rough
But this one is up to you

	And it's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but the choice is next to none
	It's a ladies' choice, now look what you've done
	It's a ladies' choice, but it's not the only one

	Ladies' choice now look what you've done
	Now look what you've,
	Now look what you've done

	to fade







6.	LADIES' CHOICE	 (Jonah Koslen)

Jonah played this for me in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. He wasn't nuts about it,
but I loved it so I sang it. It would have been better if he had done the lead vocal, but
it's still a cool tune and one of the first suburban white-boy reggae records. The
prehistoric drum machine was the size of a small Buick.





from Ladies' Choice (1976)
Columbia 33917
Produced by Bill Szymczyk
Recorded at Criteria Sound Studios

Michael Stanley: lead & background vocals / acoustic guitar
Jonah Koslen: electric & acoustic guitars / vocals
Paul Harris: keyboards
Daniel Pecchio: bass / vocals
Tommy Dobeck: drums / percussion