This song was written in the 1990s while I was in the band, Girlfriend, in NYC. There was an urgency and desperation in me during this time. So much was happening, falling in love, writing songs with Robin, watching on TV as our Marines battled in Mogadishu, the first bombing of the World Trade towers, and the explosion of a TWA jumbo jet off the

This song was written in the 1990s while I was in the band, Girlfriend, in NYC. There was an urgency and desperation in me during this time. So much was happening, falling in love, writing songs with Robin, watching on TV as our Marines battled in Mogadishu, the first bombing of the World Trade towers, and the explosion of a TWA jumbo jet off the coast of Long Island while we were on Fire Island. I didn't know if I'd survive the '90s. I felt the only thing I could count on was the girl I was falling in love with.