She Reads Vonnegut If you're wondering about the one thing That I want to do with you right now It's not

Scandal (Bons Vivants) Scandal: you and me in a corner booth, treating closing time like a suggestion[1] Vertigo and butterflies,

If U Died 4 Me [1]If you died for me[2], that wouldn't really be creative, now would it? Don't you think

Natural Disaster Megan was an 8, measured on the Richter scale[1] She left cracks in my foundation She delivered

Coin When I'm near you, I feel brand new, I feel shiny as a coin When we're hiking through

Microwave Our Love O Nicole, we've gotten comfortable We're not as flexible when we roll out of bed I was wrong,

She Dies in the Third Act Never touched a cigarette Before I met Christine I'd been avoiding cancers and dancers all my life And

So Soap-operatic I'm nervous about the Prius I just rented here in Texas I'm anxious about the looks I'm getting

Inhibited If there was nobody watching, [1] Dancing is the last thing I would do I'd go find that

Rodeo Clown If you don't have a clever opening line, You can still write a song that most people will

Good-Byer's Remorse On the other hand, maybe I'll work late after all And a cheeseburger for breakfast would be swell

Tractor Day There, I said it, Katherine, it's time to pack your things You won't regret it, winter in New

Agby's Song Agby's getting bigger every day She's learned to sit and now she stays, stays, stays She gets a

Cupid All of my previous encounters With girls in sundresses and practical shoes Ended prematurely with a walk through

Practice Divorce I have peanut butter fingers, now I can't unlock my cellphone It's the Montessori[1] calling, has there

Twins This rainbow tastes funny The sunset looks practically monochromatic Since I went out west Pizza and Stella and

Elspeth Veronica Elspeth Veronica, named after nobody, nobody that you'd know Sits very quietly, shows you her pedigree, smiles when

I Don't Watch The News When he comes back, I think I'll play it real cool Say something like, "Hey, Jesus, I

Baby Python When you meet me, I'll surprise you In your garden, on your pillow You will wrap me all

Paradise Pie From the way she said good-byes You could tell that Mary had a boyfriend But my airtight alibi

Owl, Owl Luke is a little boy He has a business card It says he'll sell you some real estate

Box of Kittens We must have been doing it wrong, Heather and me on the couch all summer Tried every room

Reno I was halfway home to Tuscon when my trusty Buick up and had a breakdown outside Reno. I

Raining Gravel Who did you think you are? Wishing up on every shooting star When that didn't work you started

Immigrant Blues My parents came from the land of ice and snow and AK47s They settled down in Chicago in

My Own Medicine It might be funny if it wasn't happening to me My every theory flying back in my face

Lullaby in Overdrive My baby's girlfriend Zora has an island house Halfway between Havana and Fort Lauderdale[1] She sends an

Martin's Song When you passed me around the campfire last night I felt so alive I hoped I'd never go

Metaphor There is no metaphor for our love It's not a highway, no one else gets on or off

Girl Gone Wild The girl's gone wild, the neighbors say She climbs the trees when I'm not looking She must be

Sesame Street Cred Back in the 90's I remember you were touring Europe You were dangerous and hungry and you had

Creator When you hear a song in your new friend's room Does it start on a chord that sounds

All Of The Above I've never been stung by a bee[1] Never had a skunk turn tail and threaten me But

I Will Rule Your World I will rule your world From a tree house in the back You'll forget about the Places that

Beta Male I didn't wake up this morning I was already dead The paramedic and the police photographer Were in

God's Gag Gift There goes my hero He's walking with a girl I Used to think that I could live with

Pretty/Good Six o'clock and there's a fire in the kitchen Door opens wide and my baby walks in with

Waiting For History If it wasn't for the circumstance in which they met Carol would be telling all her friends about

Good In Bed Ball point pen on the pillow, notebook on the sheets I've been writing letters to grandma for three

Ardoyne Brother, it looks like your neighbor is building a fence Best get the tape measure, make sure it's

Paint By Numbers Stunning from her first step Running for the exit Catching up to your imagination As you fumble for

Terminal Love You can drive my car if you want to I'll be sitting in the back seat heating up

A Girl To Leave Tell him you're not sorry Tell him that it's over Tell him all his flowers wilted in the

Baltimore Sun Did the Baltimore sun [1] shine on you so hard That it made you forget all the times

Laura & I Laura and I are sweeping out the cobwebs on a Tuesday night She looks the same but I

San Diego The classified I wrote is Finally going to run this Sunday, and And there's going to be no

Sex Change Romance Some boys want to drive a fast car Some boys have a need for speed Some boys want

Small Town Every day she's stuck in traffic She inches closer, closer to leaving Every dollar spent to get from