Putting Distance
Yes – white boys can rap.  But only to add a rough edge to this song about a shooting and a guy who can run away from everything and everyone he ever knew, but never can escape his own guilty conscience over leaving his woman behind.

Only You
A song full of everything that makes being deeply in love so incredibly special.  Sweet, longing lyrics and an even sweeter, mellow vocal make this the perfect last dance of the evening song.  If you ever have held hands across a table and had the rest of the world disappear, then you will be able to relate to this song.  If you need a song to get someone special to hold you tight, this is the one.

Justine
A plaintiff call to a lost love, with a vocal wrought with emotion and an equally heartbreaking Spanish guitar-led accompaniment.  If you ever have felt like all you needed in life was for someone to hold you while you cried, you will know exactly where this song is coming from.

Get Right To Your Heart
This is how country music is meant to be played.  A wild ride with a guy falling hard for his girl and forgetting about everything else that used to be important, this song gives you the kind of memorable lyrics and screaming hot vocals only acceptable in a modern country song.

Morning Is Here
A beautiful melody and haunting vocal tell the story of a man with a past and a present that he didn’t want, expect, or deserve.  Any more would spoil the message and the ending, which will slowly sink in the second or third time you hear this ballad.  As you listen to the introduction, picture the thunder clouds slowly parting as the dawn arrives to introduce a chilly, overcast day.

Hurt Him Bad For Me
You’ll be drawn into the story of a guy who loves a girl so much that he would do anything to protect her.  Anything.  The passion and anger overwhelm him until he has had all that he can take.  Soaring rock guitar licks add to the mood as violence wells.

I’ll Hold You In The Rain
The very definition of pop/rock, with a soft, driving guitar beat and lyrics about the desire for love and its attainment. Chilling and heartfelt, this song is perfect to tell the one you love just how much you care.  The final vocal tones as the song ends leave you wanting more and reaching for the replay button.

On The Other Side (Of Sanity)
The mood is ethereal; the lyrics are haunting and a bit supernatural; and the guitars are screaming to drive home a message that may require some serious interpretation.

The End
If you are up to it, be drawn into the world of a teenager who sees no other way out but to end his life.  Minimal instruments back a painfully emotional vocal in this certain tear-jerker about the only remaining option.

Vanish Point
If Christopher Walken heard this song, he would demand “More Cow Bell!”  Played in a style reminiscent of Blue Oyster Cult in their heyday, the lyrics of this tune give you a slight chill and require expanding your mind.  If you figure it out, you may just find yourself in a room somewhere in the Eagles’ Hotel California.

Count On Me
A definite feel-good song.  This is the kind of catchy tune that put Kid Rock (“All Summer Long”) at the top of the charts and keeps Tim McGraw (“Something Like That”) in the hit column.  Don’t look for any deep meaning, but it will have you singing along and then humming it days later.

Comin’ To You
If you are on your way to see your girl, this is the song that you want her blasting through the speakers while she waits.  It may be rock and roll, it may be driving country, but it’s pretty clear about just why he’s Comin’ To You.

Maureen
A romp through the big band-influenced sounds of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with a story that takes you back to the big band era of the 1940’s and the magic of a tall, mysterious, long-legged beauty named Maureen.

Third Eye Blind
A moving ballad about simply wanting to disappear and fade away to a place where the world doesn’t hurt so much anymore.  Love may be lost, but that doesn’t take the pain away.