lyrics

from Vice:

New Stuff:

1. Trouble
let me introduce myself...

Apple Cider Song
it's amazing what you can learn from
apples.

2. Hush Hush
keeping a secret

Dance With Me, Dad
I used to brag about being able to get my
shy dad to dance

3. Knocked My Socks Off
couldn't resist this one - it wrote itself!

A Day to Remember
wedding song for my sister

4. Born to Travel
wanderlust - if you can't beat 'em, leave 'em - ?

Doo Wah Diddy Voodoo Daddy
N'Awlins silliness! written with Stu Davies

5. Billie's Song
addressed to Billie Holiday

 Fly Away, Little Bird
reluctantly letting go when you know you
have to

6. Music (You're My First Love)
my most important relationship

(You Feel Like) Home to Me
sometimes home is not a location

7. Me and the Bottle
sometimes you have to admit defeat

How Wonderful You Are
what I hope for

8. Broken Ones
a twisted personals ad?

 I Can't Stop
a sing-along

9. Favourite Addiction
vices in competition- but there's a clear winner

 I Don't Believe Me Anymore
sometimes I doubt my own reasoning

10. Barflies
about some barflies I've met, some I made up.

I Don't Blame You
letting go of a situation there was no
control over in the first place

11. Wild Things (Just Have to Be Free)
tragic story i predicted - will let you know if it
comes true

Intoxicating
one of very few love songs i've written
(well, infatuation anyway)

12. Damsel in Distress
a 'tongue in cheek' look at gender politics

It's All Right Here
sometimes you don't see what's in front of you

 

from first blush:

Kissed By the Sun
finally found the perfect relationship...

 

1. Synesthesia
a 'romanticized' view of this
interesting
phenomenon
Monster
want to know what a real monster is? I'll tell ya

 

2. Stolen Time
an impending but delayed ending.
Never Lost at Love (Before)
ouch - losing's never fun

 

3. Slugger
pick me, pick me - not that I care...
Papaya, Papaya
sometimes actions speak louder than words

 

4. Not Gonna Settle
my philosophy - too many people do
Pour Another Ounce of Rum
(in the Eggnog
)
Blush-style holiday song

 

5. Portrait
prolonged snapshot of a moment
Quenched
the rain washes all the tension away

 

6. Been the Same
what love should be but usually isn't
- stable
Restless
yeah, I don't like sleeping or sitting still

 

7. Snow Angels
futility & desperation in a cold climate
Thick-Skinned
what happens when you keep banging
your fists against the wall?

 

8. Cowboy Dreamin'
city daydream

 

9. Bandage
I think we've all functioned as a
bandage at least once

 

10. The Web
wily woman weaves web of temptation

 

11. I'm Alive
bitch, bitch - but really, there's hope

 

12. Wakulla
(sorry, it's an instrumental)