The Album

"A Good Day To Run": It's a song about freedom. Everyone can embrace this feeling of wanting to throw caution to the wind, grab the person you love and just take off. The first verse says, "It was written in the sky today by the morning sun/ It sure looks like a good day to run." Some days when you wake up, you know right away it's one of those call-in-sick-to-work mornings, especially when you walk outside and it's springtime and you've been waiting on a warm day. My favorite thing about this song is that it represents the common man, the hardworking, middle-class people. That's where I come from, and we know a lot about days like this.

"Who's Gonna Get Me Over You?": This is a classic rebound song. Sometimes the relationships that stem from a rebound actually work. In this case, though, the girl is a true friend who cared about the guy that was going through the breakup. She hung around to help him get back on his feet, always sayin', "I'm just a friend." But now the guy's fallen for her and is saying, "Who's gonna get me over you?" I'm a sucker for those bluegrass-feeling things. This reminds me of something Vern Gosdin would do.

"Second Wind": This is one of my favorite songs of all the ones I've written. It feels like you're out there floating on the tide. This is my mother's favorite on the album; she calls it the healing song. Sometimes, to get past things, we just have to take time. You don't do anything in particular, you just wait until you know you've got your strength again, until the coast is clear. I played the demo for a young man who approached me after I'd played a writerrs' night. He'd just gotten divorced and you could tell he was suffering a great loss and trying to work through it. He said, "I know what I'm gonna do now. I'm just gonna wait. I'm gonna not do anything. When it's time to move on, I'll know." That meant a lot to me, especially that early in the life of the song -- it was already speaking to people.