Another old song that got a little country twang when it became obvious that the horn section wouldn't be showing up on my doorstep any time soon. "You fools don't know what's going on inside her head"

Wrote it over a decade ago, rewrote it five years ago, recorded it last year with the help of little sis Karen. "I'm not supposed to be down south. Take me north."

"There are still some tribes that will forever hold You give a picture of your eyes, you give away your soul."

Sometimes the most profound statements come out of the mouths of babes.

To get ready for every baseball season, my father used to pitch tennis balls to me in the backyard. He had invented a pitch that defied the laws of physics. To this day, I have no idea how he threw it. The damn thing would spin like crazy like…

Written for my youngest when she was very little, almost everyone who's had a kid that just would rather not sleep can identify with this song. Originally, there was a line in there about "Staying up this late at night makes me consider drinking…

Some places (like Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts) are just sacred ground. "This tide rolls out and in my life."

I used to cross over railway tracks on my way to the ballfield in college, and though I never knew why, I was always tempted to just start following them.

A song written for a great girl who'll be getting married next year... "You'll always be this young if love comes first And you stay filled with life."

The song that really kicked off this second album of 2009. "In time all the stars will fade away Our kind won't get to see it anyway No shine, just endless black between the gray I won't be going out in that way"