album: TANGERINE

"I think everybody's life has reoccuring themes and a lot of those themes are not particularly healthy. In spite of being not healthy and painful, I think as human beings we're conditioned to kind of go back to them and repeat them because it's what we know from our childhood and we're comfortable with it, right? So the song addresses incest, actually. It's just two different portraits and it's pretty simple in its structure. It throws out a scene early on of a child and then it takes her to her wedding day - and there's a common theme between this person who abused her when she was young and her husband that just pops out all of a sudden. 'I see it coming 'round again.'" It's probably the extreme of what I'm talking about. It's probably my least favorite one to divulge that information about because it's my favorite lyric on the whole record... I sound like I'm patting myself on the back, I guess I am - I feel like I got it right on that one, and between the music, melody and lyrics there's a lot of space there for people to make their own assumptions. I have people close to me who think it's something about babies and that's fine in a way." - interview, June 3 2006

sugar on the knees of the baby
sugar on the knees of the girl
it's a bittersweet kind of reflex
sugar on the knees of the baby
sugar on the knees of the girl
it's a bittersweet kind of reflex
a bittersweet kind of reflex, for sure
i see you kicking rocks and waiting after school
the weeds through pavement circa 1982
a car door opens and you climb into the gloom
there's a drink on the dash and a fresh cigarette glowing
sugar on the knees of the baby
sugar on the knees of the girl
it's a bittersweet kind of reflex
sugar on the knees of the baby
sugar on the knees of the girl
it's a bittersweet kind of reflex
a bittersweet kind of reflex, for sure
the crowd was beaming as you floated down the aisle
a small reception circa warm, familiar smiles
you hesitated in your own familiar style
was a drink in his hands and a fresh cigarette glowing
i see it coming 'round again

Nashville, TN

3rd & Lindsley

band/electric

Nashville, TN

3rd & Lindsley

band/electric

Nashville, TN

Edgehill Studios

solo/electric

Vienna, VA

Jammin' Java

solo/electric