[Andy T.]

Song: ….14 Karat Gold is surrealistic. It has to do with the relationship, with the human relationship, what is says is that you don't know everything there is to know, about everybody else, or about each other, or about anything for that matter. But what you say is that you're saying that you appreciate your lady in very positive terms. It's kind of a departure from some of the other stuff that I've done. Some of this stuff will be rather prevalent on this record. It's a different kind of texture, and it's a kind of texture that I've used in this album, at least three or four times, with the bass drum. And the certain musical approach that we use on it. And it's a song that works extremely well on stage, because I've sung it many times.


Song: ….In My Fashion is a philosophical song, of which I've attempted to write many, I don't if I've every really succeeded at it, but I've tried. It recognizes my responsibilities as a human being, the people I've been very
closely related to in my life, like my family, my relatives, my two kids by my former marriage, and that sort of thing. It's a sort of song about where you recognize that you've not cut all…… even though things have not worked out the way people would have liked to have had them work out, that everything is being looked after, and things have not just been cast to the wind.


Song: …. Shadows, well, at the time, about six months ago, I really wasn't sure, if I had everything that I needed to make a great album out of this thing. That was one of the very best songs that I had, it was just about the premiere tune that I thought that I had. It was a song that dealt also with a very special problem that I through in my life, as many people have gone through. It dealt with nature, and the relationship between the man and the woman and that whole sort of thing. And, the result of it, I thought the tune was so darn good that I said "this is going to be my title song" and it still is.


Song: …. Blackberry Wine is a song that I wrote about 2 or 3 years ago, which is a lively bright little tune that we have a lot of fun with, which works very well onstage. It's about a very light topic, as a matter of fact,
it's about drinking if I may be so bold.

Song: …. Heaven Help the Devil. In my quest for topical material, which is something I always go for in a big way. I like to write topical songs, but with being a Canadian, I can't really comment upon what happens in other
countries, because, after all, it's none of my business, when you come right down to it. But that song was written for the hostages, after their return. And it is a commentary on the fact that they were returned and that everything was alright. I wanted to prove that I wasn't trying to capitalize on the fact that they were imprisoned, I didn't want to do that, so I waited until it was over with. But the idea came to be before they were released.


Song….. Thank you for the Promises. It has the very kind of sort of romantic type of approach. The music is interesting. The rhythm pattern is very interesting in it, and it deals with the same type of situation that we
find in a lot of these songs, except that it is done with much more sophistication. About the relationship between the man and the woman. And their mutual regard for one another, but mostly both totally "devote to one another to each other as long as we both shall live" kind of situation. It reminds me of Leonard Cohen, if anybody influenced a tune like that, I'd say it would have to have been Leonard Cohen. I was quite a fan of his, for a number of years, still am.


Song….. Baby Step Back. If I were to tell you the story behind that song you wouldn't even believe me. I was out playing golf one day, with my brother-in-law, Bob Ayers up in Orillia, whose name is credited on the album,
by the way. And it came time to go on the first tee, and he said "either step up or step back" and that was where that song originated.


Song….. All I'm After, it was one of the very last songs that I wrote for the album. And it was one of the last songs that made it into the roster. It has a certain thing about it that is very nice. It's also written in 6/8 time,
which is sort of an interesting to get into, I've done it before but have not been successful. It deals with the human relationship, and how honesty pays because if you're not honest, you're going to have to pay for it somewhere down the road.


Song…. The song Triangle. The song was written, specifically, about the Bermuda Triangle. And it …. I've actually known someone who got lost down there, in my life, I've known a person who disappeared down there. I think what it is, is a system of wind and rocks that causes these things to happen down there - some folks say that it's extra-uhhh-terrestrial…. So what I did was try to make a general blanket statement about it. And it's a completely philosophical song - it's a sea chantey. Of which I've written many, as a matter of fact, one day, I would like a whole album of sea-songs, and songs about the water, I'd like to have them all "published" on one album.


Song… I'll do Anything. Probably, I would think, would have been my "most unlikely to succeed" but, the guitar work and everything that has gone into the song has made it very acceptable. It would be the closest thing to a country song that we have on this record.


Song….. She's not the Same. This one is our "mystery tune." It's a song about unrequited love, and I consider it to be a very good song.