Song #5: "Running In Rain" came about because my high school gym teachers had a great idea...They gave us permission to go jogging at home and as long as our parents signed off on it "proving" we actually were doing it, we didn't have to go to gym! This was like a gift from heaven because I HATED …
No Longer Strangers Song 004
Song #4: "No Longer Strangers" was written to commemorate and honor my church youth group leader, Lois Leardi who was heading off to new adventures. One of the hugely influential sparks she lit in my creative life was the book, "Letters To A Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke. In particular I have …
If I Were In Love-Song 003
Song #3: "If I Were In Love" is my very first love song. It's pretty simple. But maybe that's it's charm. It's still one of the songs that I have totally memorized...so that's significant.But don't be fooled by the song lyrics! I was probably deeply and painfully in love with someone who wasn't …
Welcome To Where You Are-Song 002
Song # 2 in the Life In song Project, Welcome To Where You Are was written on a Youth Group retreat...I was having a personal spiritual crisis at the time and was finding the whole Christian belief system a little bit hard to...um... believe. My fellow youth group kids and I had also discovered …
Formica Bartop Blues-Song 001
Here's the very first song I wrote that I still remember...It's called Formica Bartop Blues and I wrote it in the December of 1976 while I was shoveling snow. It's also the first song that I wrote "in character" stepping into the shoes of someone other than myself and writing the song through the …
Freedom Song
"Freedom (It's A Long Road)" Performed live by Mark Shepard as part of the Franklin - Treadwell Stage Coach Run Art Festival Please listen with headphones for best sound quality! (it really does make a difference) Lyrics are below. . Freedom (It’s Been A Long Road) 12/12/2000 | Song …