With Bed of Roses, I never saw the "mistress" as being another woman. I saw it as the road, the lifestyle. I know other people have different interpretations, but that's one of the things that makes the song great. If it's too cut-and-dry, there's no room left for thought.

The most profound song to me is Something to Believe In. Jon kept saying it was a postitive song and I kept wondering what he was smoking because on the surface it sounds so negative, then one day I heard it a little differently--same words, different stress, and the entire meaning changed. That one really made me think.

Dry County--to me, that song could inspire a book or a movie. The whole story is there with subplots. It's one of the crowing jewels in Jon's writing career.

Becky