ERIC PETERS

(capo 2)
Written May 8, 2003 – Aug. 10, 2003. This recorded version is, in my opinion, altogether different than the laid back, purely acoustic rendering which previously existed on Bookmark. This song was always meant to have a band behind it. The bluesy hue of Mollie Garrigan’s voice lends a rich and welcome timbre to the song, which further concretes in my mind the gaping difference between merely having a “pretty voice”, and knowing how to sing.

In Birmingham, AL, I worked a few years, off and on, for my friend David the Carpenter. At one point, there were three other Davids employed there. We used to meet early on Wednesday mornings to talk, read some words of hope and wisdom, and pray for one another. One particular morning, three of the four Davids happened to be sitting in the only wooden church pew in the room, and they all had some fairly major issues going on in their lives. From that morning’s experience, I began writing the words, “You’re a pew full of days, and you see the mess I’ve made…”