for the 2009 RPM Challenge album "Sabbatical"

From your parents you will learn everything and nothing without even realizing lyrics: Don't look in the mirror, your skin will never seem as soft Don't wait in the middle when your mind is already made up Just make it home, please…

clarity during a swift beginning is a mirage yet unknown lyrics: Momma, you've got to see this man I've found clean cut, honest, and so handsome We're thinkin' 'bout pickin' up and movin' on he'll get a job where we'll go and he'll make…

An ambulance ride through the poor side of town; a delivery of self and social status lyrics: The outside was a barren wasteland; dilapidated houses garbage on the ground And the buildings' aging faces echoed the sirens and her pain across…

Turning point #2. The storm clears and though there is an endless blue above, clouds will forever be a part of the sky.

this song makes me think of a splintered piece of wood. lyrics: It's a cold day out, the kind where you think you're missing the longer days with the sun beating on your face but you're beside me and I think the cold was a gift to lead…

lyrics: The silence sometimes is all you have to say and I believe it, and you and everything surrounding the skin beneath your eyes Time's without a shield or an attack against the sight of a lifetime that was burning you by And I may…

Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Weird Guitar tones.

Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Debussy a bit.

Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Leo Brower a bit.

Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Debussy and Chopin a bit.

Another song that explains itself.

It's almost always a good day.

Another description of my relationship with my beloved.

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout . . .

A lost love kind of story.

What I do when I'm away from my wife.

Written while awaiting a CD from one of the artists who participated in the 08 version of RPM.