Sometimes we don't resist the brightest flame until it's too late. ACETYLENE Baby, you burn - I never learn until I'm on fire A dangerous game - the hottest flame I've ever seen I can't look away from your blinding display, drawn by desire…

The seeds of this song were sown years ago. If only those who left knew what they were headed for. BACK TO SHORE The sky was so high when you set out from shore The sun at your back, you were longing for more When it started to pour…

A few years back in a Portsmouth, NH bar, I saw a guy sitting across from a girl who was looking at him with such adoration and love - and I'm pretty sure the guy had no idea. This song's for you, young man. I hope you realized what you had…

There's a line in an Indigo Girls song that says, "If you need to know that you weathered the storm of cruel mortality, a hundred years later I'm sitting here living proof." For me, ever since hearing the words "cruel mortality," they have always…

Welcome to my RPM album. The line "You might not get what you want - You'll get what you deserve" came to me without me truly understanding it. By the time I finished recording the album, it all made sense. WHAT YOU DESERVE Is this what…

I know why you love The Starry Night I know why you weren't all right I know why you couldn't stay I know why you're here today I know why you couldn't see I know why, 'cuz you were me I know why you loved to paint in blue I know why…

Maybe I shouldn't tell you what I was thinking The first time I saw that sad smile in your eyes I couldn't look away, and I don't recall blinking It might've been better if we'd just said simple goodbyes I've been down this road before once…

She stands alone in my mind She'll make it home in her own time I've always known that she's not mine She gets closer to the line Then turns and walks away Breaks out the wine Don't know how she survived another day

If I just slip the car in drive I'll meet you on the other side Or maybe I could turn back time And we could both pretend to fly Losing feeling inside out No sense kneeling, no such doubt Failed at saving, nothing lasts Just repaving…

Cut-off jeans, your eyes shining in the sun You were looking for a good time, I was looking for "The One" Crazy dreams, when hours never seemed too late You believed in lucky breaks and I believed in fate I thought the only love was true…

So you wanted your freedom What from the past were you willing to take? I'm sure you had your reasons Too many promises you swore you'd never break The world that you know is not coming back Maybe it's time you start burning the tracks…

I've been waiting so long On a world you couldn't see But it's time I stop writing love songs For the girl you never were or wanted to be

Put the phone down Shut the cable and the lights We're alone now Step with me into the night I found the candles It really wasn't all that hard Kick off your sandals Tonight we dine under the stars Don't let the moments slip away They…

I don't know Where it comes from Or where it goes Just wait until it shows You can't hold it Too long Then it's gone The air off the water The fire in your soul A lucky man's daughter Come in from the cold I keep my heart open…

O my brother Where did you go? Down to the river To beg for your soul? Did anyone see you? Did you go there alone? What did you offer For one of their stones? O my brother Is there any way out? Of the deal they offered? Did they leave…

Walking in your footsteps Can't see the world around me Just a pace behind I might as well be blind Standing in the darkness Nothing left to guide me No footing I can find The stairs, they start to wind I might as well be blind The…

Every album needs a little instrumental, don't you think?

My Pepere was born before the great war To God-fearing parents in Maine Where the simplest of rules taught in Catholic schools Was don't use the Lord's name in vain Every day in that school, he'd adhere to that rule But a loophole he often…

Been thinking about Vincent quite a bit lately.

Just a simple live version for this year's Holiday Challenge.