album: TANGERINE

"I wrote another song called 'Reminded' that I was trying to get Gretchen Wilson to do. It was written around the same period but it's a completely different song. That's all there is behind that."
[2006-06-03 interview]

i wasn't breaking your heart, just closing the bar
and i wasn't trying to be cool, just bending some rules

i know it sounds hard to believe
but i guess i needed to be
reminded of how bad it might have been
yes, i needed to be reminded of working on a bitter end
there's nothing to fear, whatever i do
you know i always remember you
but i needed to be reminded of me

so i ordered up a new round of jokes and blew a curtain of smoke
swung from the fixtures of fame and put a face to the name

then i opened up an old wound to bleed
but i was happy to be
reminded of how bad it might have been
yes, i needed to be reminded of working on a bitter end
there's nothing to fear, whatever i do
you know i always remember you
but i needed to be reminded of me