Judy Collins - Song For Martin Lyrics

Thanks for the posting. Mart is my Uncle. The secret of Mart is that he had a 5 octave range and a right hand of velvet thunder while playing the guitar.

"..... the heart that sorrow broke in you can never be repaired....." Judy Collins is a gifted songwriter.

Many thanks for this post. Judy Collins is my personal favourite female singer, This is one of my favourite songs of herts. It never fails to get me where I live. My spouse Nonie bough us tickets to see Judy Collins in concert, as birthday present for me. Many moons ago now in my home town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire.

Thanks for sharing. Best wishes.

I was looking into my Area
&
This song came up
Just to know someone famous & as talent as she is , know about the Area I grew in , Rough Rock Arizona a beautiful place
Song was amazing

I knew Marty out in Rough Rock the summer of 1970. We traded songs deep into the night. A lovely man - who never once let on about his depression.:-(

Anyone who knew Marty or thinks of knowing him through this song will thank you for your comment. Of all the songs Collins wrote and recorded, this is one of her very best.

Hi Mary, thanks for your comment. Mart is my Uncle, my Mother's youngest brother. It's nice to connect with a fellow traveler of his Being. I have a web-site with a music page that may interest you and a video here on the tube. All the best, Gilbert

I have always loved this song by Ms. Collins because I can relate to it so strongly. I hope anyone who hears it will change their minds about ending their lives and know that no matter how horrible life can be, it is still a beautiful world and you can rise above whatever pain or cruelty you have endured. Love.

John Jensen thank you man

Well guess what my name is Marty my name is really Martin Carrillo but I've been listen to this since I was 16 and it's part of my blood. but everytime I hear it now it's 68 just seems like part of my life I just want to be there

Thanks for this comment. Some songs from our early years become part of us for sure.

I hope this song saves many people who might be contemplating suicide, for the emptiness and pain that is left behind to those that knew and loved you never goes away.

heart braking

 “In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.”
    F. Scott Fitzgerald

This breaks my heart whenever I hear it.  What a gift Judy has for telling a story in song.  No one can equal the purity of her voice and her sentiment.  I heard her at the Granada Theater in Dallas recently.  She is now 75, but her voice is pure and lovely.  What a gift the Lord has given her for so many, many years, and still performing.  Amazing!

Thanks for sharing this !

So true Barbara. I just saw Judy in concert last week, the first time in like 20 years and she was Phenomenal!

Sorry, looks like it was 1973 upon reading the lyrics.

One of the best, along with Che, from the magnificent but very undervalued album, True Stories and Other Dreams, released here in Australia in about 1970 or thereabouts.A big thanks VBH!

Thank you Peter for jumping in with your comment. I appreciate it very much.

This album is without a doubt one, if not her best ever. Listen to her song "Big Sur" on her album, BOHEMIAN; it would have fit on True Stories very nicely.

This song, composed by Judy Collins, and her singing of it, are even more beautiful than I remember. Thanks for sharing this gem, VanBurenHigh. 

No one has a clue how much this song means to me cuz when I was 16 the most beautiful Jewish lady in the world took me in and my name is Marty and she taught me everything about life and now I'm 57 years old I still remember all the things that she taught me about love the sad part is Sr about 8 months ago and she forgot have a good day