Yes, Ed and Herring are not alone.

The song that David wrote that plays in my head the most is Nobody. I think Stranger was a great piece of writing and I love that song but I think I try not to let it play in my head because it is a painful song and I spent a good deal of time hanging out with Vietnam vets and there is some very sad stuff that song takes me back to.

The other two songs I hear in my head a lot are Compassion and A Prisoner's Dream. I think Compassion is about as perfect a song for our times as it gets in so many ways. It's short and poppy (we like short and poppy these days and not just in our songs) with a sing-a-long chorus but it has a depth and bite that the normal pop song does not have. I'm flat out stunned this song was not picked up on by more people. Maybe not as a big fat hit but crank this song up while you flip through the tv channels and wow, instant video...and I mean a real good video that brings the right kind of sting...not the bleached blonde Policeman but maybe the bimbo behind the news desk. If we lived in a world with a better sense of humor this song would be the lead in to every newscast. That's why it plays in my head so much.

A Prisoner's Dream is just another beautiful piece of writing and in a way I think a companion piece to Stranger that causes me less pain and again works in a very timely fashion to highlight the absurdity of current events.