How This Blog Got It's Name

The above album cover is Carly Simon's 1974 "Hotcakes" and as you can see she was pregnant with her daughter Sally.

Howie and I call this her "pregnancy album" and it was the first thing Howie played on his iPod after I told him I was pregnant. Howie and I don't always agree on which of her albums and songs are the best, but we both LOVE this album.

Track #3 is a wonderful little song called "Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby", which is how this blog got it's name. The lyrics are below and you can hear a 30 second sample of it by clicking on the link below...

Carly Simon's Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby

Platform shoes on table tops
I think I'm gonna be a lady
Opinions flyin' right and left
I think I'm gonna tell him maybe
They're puttin' out too many phonograph records
I think I'm gonna have a baby, a baby

I wouldn't be naughty for the sake of naught
Or be different just to differ
I wouldn't sell myself just to get bought
Or give to just deliver
They're puttin' out too many phonograph records
I think I want to be a river, be a river...

Rivers do such nice things, they roll to the sea
When I am a river then Ill want to listen to me

So you pick me up, and you tune me up
And you wind me up and play me
You talk about heart, and you say you know soul
And the way to treat a lady
You're puttin' out too many phonograph records
I think I'm gonna have a baby, a baby

Babies do such nice things, they rock on your knee
When I was a baby my rockin' was something to see

(The End)

I just love the lines "They're putting out too many phonograph records, I think I'm gonna have a baby" and "When I was a baby my rockin' was something to see."

Special thanks to Anita for her patience and persistence in helping me figure out how to get this audio clip onto the blog!!!