2020 has brought out the worst in us. There is a temptation to see people through the lens of "good guy - bad guy". I went into self reflection for this song and asked myself, "What do I believe?"

© Sam Speirs & Ray Weaver 2017

This is a homesick song. It's the story of a guy from the West Cork village of Skibbereen in Ireland who finds himself in New York. He heads for an Irish pub and a young girl sings a song about his hometown. This was a collaboration with my friend Ray Weaver.

The thought that when someone has passed on they still seem to be around.

Family, protection, big brother.

Based on some personal experience from when I was an artist. Exploring the tension between being on the road and longing for home.

A soldier coming from a tour of duty. This is a re-write based on peer and pro input.

I was imagining what it must have been like to have been a dirt farmer during the Great Depression and losing everything. How would you pray in that situation? Everything gone.