Sunshine and Star    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(April 1998, Boston)

My very first song, dedicated to two of the most important people in my life; Joe and Skye.  I wrote it during a time when the loneliness of the city was just too much for me to bear. It's about the easy times in high school with each of them.  Skye is my sunshine because she's so bright and beautiful, and Joe is my star because, like in the movie "Jack," with Robin Williams, there is always one special person in your life who is your beacon of light...your shooting star.

About The Girl    (Lyrics)
(October 1998, Gainesville, FL)
A song inspired by the movie "Good Will Hunting," as well as my fascination with a new acquaintance.  It tells the story of how difficult it is making that first step towards a new relationship.  It also reminds us that sometimes we can't conquer everything on our own, we need that helping hand to guide us through and support us.  In most cases it is an intimate friend as it was in my case.

Up In The Attic    (Lyrics)
(December 1998, Willingboro, NJ)
To date, this song is the most emotionally attached song that I have written.  I wrote it in the attic of my grandma's house in Willingboro, New Jersey, during Christmas break my sophomore year in college.  Surrounded by Pops old stuff, it was easy to put words to how I felt at the time.

These Years    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(July 1999, Dallas, TX)
This song tells about how my relationship with a girl named McKayla all started.  I was tinkering with my guitar one day and made up a cool little riff that she would even hum sometimes.  I told myself that I had to put words to that song for her, so when I was at my parents place in Dallas just before going to boot camp, I wrote them.

Far-Fetched Dreaming    (Lyrics)
(March 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Song 1 of a 3-song series, entitled The Morning After Trilogy, written after a 2-year relationship ended.  This song is about how dreams can sometimes mess with your mind.  But that there are also good dreams to have that should be considered goals and not just dreams.  This song kind of intermingles the two.  One morning I woke up early from some terrible dreams and wrote the song in about 15 minutes.

The Day She Left    (Lyrics)
(March 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Song 2 of The Morning After Trilogy.  This song shares some of the feelings that were going through my head after the breakup.  None of which were regret.  Sure we moved pretty fast, but to this day I cherish the times we spent together and I know that it all happened for a reason.  Part of the mystery comes in figuring out what that reason might have been.

When Will I Be Found    (Lyrics)
(March 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Song 3 of The Morning After Trilogy.  The song is a frustrated song, with hints of anger.  It starts slow and calm, then bursts into somewhat of metal tune.  It tells the story of the difficulties found in trying to move on after a long relationship.  It seems that when you go out in search of love, you won't find it.  Practice patience, don't worry about always trying to find love and eventually it will find you.

It's Alright    (Lyrics)
(June 2001, Gainesville, FL)
This is probably the first song that I wrote that didn't have to do with sappy love and relationship type stuff, but instead, about the fun of the summertime.  A time when you walk a little slower and enjoy life a little more.  It's also a time when you tend to get a little crazier when you go out at night with your friends (especially if you are single).  This is also the first song with somewhat of a hip hop/bluesy feel to it, heavily influenced by G-Love and Special Sauce.

Defeat    (Lyrics)
(June 2001, Gainesville, FL)
This song is a reflective song about a couple weekends spent in the wonderful, but dangerous, city of New Orleans, when I decided to step outside of myself to escape some problems I was experiencing emotionally.  In the process I managed to greatly harm a relationship with a very close friend.  When we got back to being good friends again, I decided to write about how disillusioned I was during that time.

McKayla's Song    (Lyrics)
(August 2001, Moosehead Lake, Maine)
What can I say, I guess I'm still not over this girl.  I spent a couple of weeks with her and her family up at her grandparent's house in Searsport, Maine.  We also spent a week at the family cabin on Moosehead Lake.  Despite the normal family vacation tiffs it was a time well spent.  I had so many feelings going on that I had to write about them.  I canoed out to this wooden floater about 50 yards off-shore with a chair and my guitar and the song practically wrote itself.

Hold The Phone    (Lyrics)
(September 2001, Gainesville, FL)
I asked Coach Carey to write me a poem so that I could put some music to it and have it be my very first musical collaboration.  Years passed and I felt that I needed a song for this very special girl so instead of waiting for lyrics from her, I came up with my own.  It's a fast-paced upbeat song that's perfectly fit for Coach and contains a lot of inside jokes that only she understands.

Just The Way I Am    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(October 2001, Gainesville, FL)
When you break up with someone it always seems like one person ends up being better off.  Every time I've broken up with someone it seems like it's always the other person who is better off.  Here is a short list of the types of people my ex's have dated and/or hooked up with: a manager of a band (not to mention her favorite band), a star high school football player who went on to play for UCLA and will more than likely play in the NFL, a fighter pilot(s), and a college basketball player.  Anyways, it's a funky little tune that explains the type of guy I am and the type of guy I'm not.

Not Proud To Be (October 2001, Gainesville, FL)
My inner struggle to come to grips with my biological father has been something going on in my head for as long as I can remember.  I think that this is one of my most powerful songs because it deals with a very sensitive subject that I've only talked about with one person.  Not very many people know that I was raised by a single mother, even fewer know why.

Apartment 44    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(October 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Sick and tired of keeping what's been going on between McKayla and I a secret, I wrote this song late one night while sleeping over her house.  I usually don't sleep very well when I'm there simply because of the history, so I sat up in bed and wrote the song in about 10 minutes while she was sleeping beside me.

Busy Waiting For You    (Lyrics)
(November 2001, Gainesville, FL)
It's funny how I came up with this song.  I was sitting in my operating systems class and the professor was talking about "busy waiting."  I guess it has something to do with processors and how they task jobs or something like that, who knows.  Anyways when he mentioned it, something in my head clicked.  I wrote down a few lyrics and thought of how I wanted the music to sound.  When I got home from school that day I picked up my guitar and wrote some more lyrics.  After a few weeks of on and off working on it I had all the lyrics and the music for the song.

Move On    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(November 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Countless conversations with my best friend Evan inspired me to write this song about my current situation with a "good friend," who happens to be my ex.  There comes a time in a person's life when they have to make a difficult decision concerning a relationship.  It's not often what that person wants to do, but hopefully in the long run it turns out to be the better decision.  Thanks for all the advice Ev.

Just For Tonight    (Lyrics)
(December 2001, Gainesville, FL)
For the fist time since I could really remember, I attended a wedding (Robin and Eric).  Just so happens that McKayla was one of the bridesmaids.  It wasn't a traditional wedding, actually they had the ceremony the day before; they're Mormons.  Anyways I saw McKayla walk into the room and the song wrote itself.  Were we actually heading for that?

Cute Little Nose Ring    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(December 2001, Gainesville, FL)
Almost every songwriter has that one song about a girl he or she admires from afar.  Chris McCarty's "While She Waits," and John Mayer's "Love Song For No One," are two examples.  This song is about a girl in a few of my classes that, ever since I saw her, I had a thing for her.  Nothing has ever come of it though.  Partially because of the timing, but mostly because of my lack of courage.  I wrote it one day during class while sitting behind her.

I Fall Through    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(January 2002, New York City/Gainesville, FL)
I started this song on New Year's Day right when I got on the bus at the Port Authority in Time Square.  I came up with just the first verse and first half of the chorus, then I got stuck.  When I came back down to Florida I remembered telling a friend that I would write a song about her and her boyfriend and their situation.  This is that song.  Of course it didn't start out that way and there are hints that would lead you to think that it is about a relationship of mine, but that is the great thing about music and it's never-ending boundaries.

Life at 23    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(March 2002, Snowshoe, WV/Atlanta, GA)
I started writing this song while on Spring break, the night after drinking too much and almost getting into a fight with some guy from Florida State (it was my birthday, cut me some slack).  Anyways I was lying in bed and a very sweet girl came upstairs to keep me company.  After having a long talk about things, she went back downstairs.  I soon followed to boot up the good old computer and jot down what was going through my head.  Later on in the week at an Atlanta bar, I was chatting with another one of my friends about how getting over love is damn hard to do (I love and miss you dearly Coach).  I finished the song shortly after that. 

Far    (Lyrics)
(April 2002, Gainesville, FL)
My recent case of writer's block came to an abrupt stop when a very close friend of mine told me of her plans after graduation.  It's not that I didn't know that this was coming, but when you actually hear the news it's kind of like reality slapping you in the face.   When I got home from having dinner with her, I picked up my guitar and just started writing the song.

Disregard    (Lyrics)
(January 2003, Sumter, SC)
Get a small mixing bowl, put 2 ex-couples in it and lots of booze. Now, this concoction is either going to be some sort of aphrodisiac, spanish fly type thing or a mixture so foul that even the smell of it causes convulsions and dry heaves. This song is a result of the latter.

Laying Here With You    (Lyrics)     (Watch)
(February 2003, Sumter, SC)
Regardless of life lessons, sometimes you just keep making the same damn mistake when it comes to starting a relationship. This is about moving way too fast into a new relationship. But since I have yet to learn from it the song doesn't get into the part of the relationship where things go south. Where even the presence of the other person annoys you and you're forced to make up things to make them even less attractive.

Who Needs Tonight?    (Lyrics)   
(March 2003, Valdosta, GA)
I just met my biological father and a whole bunch of my relatives that I never knew I had, but it's not on my mind as much as one of my close friends and how much it meant for her to be there with me. We almost "messed up," but luckily we caught ourselves. Hey, when you drink so much that the next morning is pretty much the same scene from "Dude, Where's My Car," you can expect almost anything.

Somebody Else's Sheets    (Lyrics)
(March 2003, Valdosta, GA)
When you're in bed with someone new, do you ever compare them to your last? And I'm not talking about the sex part, but the "cuddle" time and perhaps the waking up part. Do they prefer space to cuddling? Do they kick, toss and turn, or snore? This song is about those moments when you are comparing and when you think to yourself, that maybe you let go of something very special.

What I'm Going Through    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(May 2003, Valdosta, GA)
It's sometimes hard to understand that someone out there is going through the same shit that you are, and feels the same way that you do. Especially when you wonder whether or not what you are doing right now is what you really want to do. It's a confusing web we weave for ourselves but we find a way to cope with it.

Next Week    (Lyrics)    (Watch)
(December 2003, Corpus Christi, TX)
This song is basically the sick and tired of the same old bar scene type song. It gets confusing when you go out, but don't really care if you pick someone up or not. It's a big game of who cares, but then the thought of previous girlfriends comes into your mind. This normally occurs after a few drinks where you tear through the numbers in your cell phone looking for a late night hook up with an ex. Regardless of the result from all the calls you still manage to stay pretty much the same.

Fighting    (Lyrics)    (Watch)
(August 2004, Little Rock, AR)
I wrote this song because I saw a relationship developing between two of my friends that could only end up being a long distance thing. It's a shame that they seem to be perfect for each other but really can't do anything about it.

Talking Over Coffee    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(January 2005, Albuquerque, NM)
I don't necessarily think I'm growing up, but I think my taste in women is beginning to mature. I'm not always just looking to score, but have found that a decent conversation can be just as good as a sloppy roll in the hay. Man, that sounds depressing. I think if I told that to myself a few years ago I would've kicked my own ass. But anyway, I guess it's just part of growing up.

Holding Back    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(January 2005, Albuquerque, NM)
A really shitty thing about the kind of day job I have is that next month I will have moved 6 times in 2 years. With that much UHaulin it's almost impossible to have a meaningful relationship without having that thought in the back of your mind. That thought being, yea this girl is great, but in a few months I'll be moving, and then what.

Distace    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(July 2005, Tucson, AZ)
I'm not sure of the exact percentages, but the possibility of a long distance relationship working has to be somewhat low. It's just hard not being able to see the person you would most like to be with at any given moment. Soon phonecalls everyday turn into every other day and the next thing you know, you're on the weekly plan. The toughest part is usually the small part of you that thinks things will work out just fine.

Close Your Eyes    (Lyrics)
(August 2005, Tucson, AZ)
This song is about the barrier that exists between two friends and the thought of wanting to break down that barrier to make it into more than just friends. The problem is timing, and most often the fear of what the person on the other side of the barrier will think. This song is probably the furthest I'll go to breaking the specific barrier I'm referring to. Too many other complications exist.

Rescue Me    (Lyrics)
(May 2006, Tucson, AZ)

Chasing After    (Lyrics)    (Listen)
(June 2006, Tucson, AZ)

Just Like Home    (Lyrics)
(September 2006, Jacksonville, FL)