Lyrics I Love #29: Mellow My Mind
Track: Mellow My Mind
Length: 3:11
Album: Tonight’s the Night (1975)
Artist: Neil Young
Songwriters: Neil Young
Favorite part: “Cause something so hard to find…”
Read MoreLyrics I Love #28: Past Lives
Track: Past Lives
Length: 4:21
Album: The Way We Move (2012)
Artist: Langhorne Slim & The Law
Songwriters: Sean Scolnick, David Moore, Jeffrey Ratner, & Malachi DeLorenzo
Favorite part: “But nothing lasts forever…
Read MoreExcerpt from Tom Collins: A 'Slightly Crooked' Novel
November 2, 2021 is almost here. Tom Collins: A ‘Slightly Crooked’ Novel will be available everywhere in just about a week. Crazy. It’s my first work of fiction, so I’m pretty excited to (finally) get it out into the world. A little scared, but mostly excited. I thought it would be fun to give you a small taste…
Read MoreLyrics I Love #27: Rainbow Connection
Track: Rainbow Connection
Length: 3:15
Album: The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording
Artist: Jim Henson (as Kermit the Frog)
Songwriters: Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher
Favorite part: “So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it…”
Read MorePoem #4: Oops
you snuck upon me
like the sun
on a lake
on a hazy day…
Lyrics I Love #26: Something American
Track: Something American
Length: 3:03
Album: Something American (2017)
Artist: Jade Bird
Songwriters: Jade Bird
Favorite part: “No, I’m not perfect…”
Read MoreLyrics I Love #25: Two
Track: Two
Length: 2:38
Album: Easy Tiger (2007)
Artist: Ryan Adams
Songwriters: Ryan Adams & Brad Pemberton
Favorite part: “I’m fractured from the fall…”
Read MoreLyrics I Love #24: Across the Borderline
Track: Across the Borderline
Length: 4:40
Album: Across the Borderline (1993)
Artist: Willie Nelson
Songwriters: Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, John Hiatt
Favorite part: “But hope remains when pride is gone…"
Read MoreLyrics I Love #23: Things Have Changed
Track: Things Have Changed
Length: 5:07
Album: Wonder Boys - Music from the Motion Picture (2000)
Artist: Bob Dylan
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Favorite part: “Gonna get low down, gonna fly high…
Read MorePoem #3: Never Scared
it’s fun to wonder
what might be
if we were never scared…