No one in this topsy-turvy world follows the societal rule book : The nanny provides no care, the parents no love, the judges no justice . ( Instead of addressing the murder, the jurists, in marvelous robes and hats that resemble onionskin domes, recite the idiotic details of the case of Kozlov and Oslov . ) Even the children are not really children but adults ( and puppets ) in red fright wigs.
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Writing for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran praised Franks'vocal style and longevity . " " Countless musical trends have steamrolled by since this wry singer songwriter with the cool and collected, wistful onionskin voice first graced the adult music world in the mid-' 70s [ . . ] yet Franks has stood his ground, growing as an observational lyricist while his relaxed demeanor stays pretty much the same, and charmingly so . ""
