Dang, everyone except Rob (and Laura) (and me) liked the previous version! (Cupid's Own Knife) Only i did this with the lyrics so maybe one can be a bonus track ... aargghh ... why didn't i write a *different* song?

This was the first track i demo'd for this year's RPM but i just got round to tidying it up and adding the third verse. A bit of a feel good record!

Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change. This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.

Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.

Banjo and Guitar and Vocal. Sometimes you don't want to look back. this si now a tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

Those stark Moonlit nights have something of a reputation, but there are other things lurking in the moonlight.

It's about getting lost in the big city, about knowing the way through, and about the Last Chance Saloon. This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09

Anyone read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr - my daughter lent it to me - teenage Faery novel about addiction - pretty creepy at times. This is the one act musical version. I wanted a 'deranged in our neighbourhood' kind of feel to it.

A happy song about being left by your no-good spouse. There's a word for the attitude in this song but I can't think of it right now ... this is now a tidied up version 18/3/09