Another victim of circumstance theme. Music style is neo-classical rock. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

Pretty straight forward modern rock. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

David Niven decided to ask her one rainy afternoon: "Why did you give up the movies?" She considered her answer so carefully that he wondered if she had decided to ignore his personal question. At long last, almost as if to herself, she…

Wyn Jones looks at how Peter helps suffering, scattered and scared people.

This is the 3rd of the trio of UU auction songs. A love song was requested, so I wrote one based on my wife's favorite china pattern.

No, not those kind of angels. Hope in the dark.

There is a whole class of songs by singer songwriters who gush in various ways about taking the big chance, following your bliss, following your heart, living your dreams, yada yada. These songs are ALL from the point of view of those who are…

Another downer, what can I say? Oddly enough though, it makes me smile.

Probably the single saddest song I ever wrote. This album is kind of a combination of hope and longing and loss. This one is definitely about loss.

A throwback to rampant sentimentality. Not for the jaded and cynical ears of the early 21st century, but for men and women traipsing around in evening attire in a black-and-white movie from the '30s.

The 2nd in the UU auction series. The person who won the auction wanted a song about the fellowship, the place we met on Sunday and the community. So I wrote this little kind of sing-a-long folk song.

This is a real person. He was one of the saddest millionaires I ever met.

electronic-ish piece MMM brownies

This song is musically and thematically related to an earlier tune from an older album called "house of strangers." That song was a plea from one partner to another about a marriage that was failing. This song comes when it becomes obvious that…

i just want to push through but i keep seeing your favorite foods. i can't get you out of my head so i bring up some sweet epitaph and when i said i would love you forever i meant it but now i also love someone else and i need to stop living…

This is one of 3 "Auction" songs, written for yearly fundraising auctions at a UU fellowship I used to belong to. The winners for this first year, I don't remember exactly what they requested. I think they let me pretty much do what I wanted…

life is always better with a little bit of tension. i think that we will make good friends because my life’s complex and you’re already taken.

you take me as is you don't mind a work in progress you say my flaws make me attractive you take me as is (thank you wikipedia)

I wrote it for a friend of a friend. It was originally about a woman, but although I liked the music a lot, the words didn't quite satisfy me. On a whim, I changed a pronoun here and there, and the song became a story.

i'm not afraid of being alone i just like the company in a forest with no one around tears are dry and wounds don't bleed