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    Track 6: A Million Miles Away

    Track 6: A Million Miles Away

    This is another song that came from my "situation drama" approach of considering a circumstance and then imagining how it would play out....
    Track 7: Forever

    Track 7: Forever

    Many of the songs I've been sharing with you come directly out of my life. This isn't one of them. In fact, in some ways, this song serve...
    Track 14: I'll Never Be

    Track 14: I'll Never Be

    I remember, sometime after my fortieth birthday, watching a football game and realizing that everyone on the playing field was younger th...
    Track 10: World of Wonders

    Track 10: World of Wonders

    A little more than twenty years ago, I started writing songs for my kids' birthdays. This was a way to give them something much more pers...
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    Track 6: A Million Miles Away

    Track 6: A Million Miles Away

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    Track 7: Forever

    Track 14: I'll Never Be

    Track 14: I'll Never Be

    Track 10: World of Wonders

    Track 10: World of Wonders

    Track 4: Words and Music

    Track 4: Words and Music

    Track 5: So Warm

    Track 5: So Warm

    Track 2: The Lights Go Down at Eight O'Clock

    Track 2: The Lights Go Down at Eight O'Clock

    In the Company of women

    In the Company of women

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