Second Wind Motel

Tracks

1. 1. Forty Winters on the Cattle RoadForty winters hauling cattle in the sleet is not a figure of speech for some of the men I knew. I wanted the opener to stand up straight for them.heartland rock, anthem4:02
2. 2. Slow Dance in the Parking LotA closing diner, a blinking sign and a love song on the truck stop radio is about as romantic as my life ever got. I'd take it again.slow dance, heartland rock4:10
3. 3. Snow That Never SettlesSnow on the interstate looks like it's trying to stay and can't, which is how I felt about most of my twenties.slow burn, road song4:34
4. 4. Last Song of the NightThe chairs go up on the tables and the neon drops to a hum, and that's the best part of any bar. I wrote it as a goodnight to whoever's left.late-night ballad, hymn rock4:16
5. 5. Vending Machine Coffee at Four A.M.Plastic chairs, bad coffee and somebody worth sitting across from. It's the closest thing to a love song I trust.rock ballad, truck-stop romance4:23
6. 6. Homesick at the Truck Stop Pay PhoneThree states from my mother's kitchen with the rain on the glass, I wrote this standing in line at a pay phone. I called her after.americana, homesick ballad3:39
7. 7. Back Row at the CommencementI drove all night in a dusty hat to see my niece graduate and sat in the back row, shirt ironed twice. Proudest I've ever been in a folding chair.heartland rock, family ballad4:02
8. 8. Sorry Written on a NapkinSome apologies you can only write on a napkin because you can't say them out loud. This is one of those.slow rock, confessional4:56
9. 9. Resoled Boots, One Last WaltzA cobbler on Main told me the soles would last, and I heard a promise in it. So I wrote a waltz.waltz rock, roots rock4:50
10. 10. Call Me From the Other Side of NowhereA quarter, a dial tone and seven hundred miles from home, which is pretty much my whole career in a sentence. The line stayed with me long after the call ended.heartland rock, pay-phone ballad4:31
11. 11. Old Friend, Same Booth, Same PieFifteen years later, same booth, same pie, and the same easy way of picking up a conversation. It's the only song on the record that grooves.americana, shuffle, diner rock3:55