{"id":10194,"date":"2020-05-10T01:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T06:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10194"},"modified":"2020-05-10T03:28:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T08:28:39","slug":"songs-on-saturday-its-only-a-paper-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10194","title":{"rendered":"songs on saturday: &#8216;it&#8217;s only a paper moon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zckLbbH3Y1w\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Somehow with the craziness of the past few months, I missed that James Taylor had released a new album, <em>American Standards<\/em>. 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