Gerard O'Riley

I come from a place where "white trash" is thrown out as an insult, but we don't care. We're just trying to live! And while our weddings might not be fancy, wealthy affairs, we sure do have fun! Until the cops show up, of course. So, this is just a fun little song about a wild family at a wild wedding. We usually don't make it to the receptions!

Most of us find that juggling adult life is tough. Finding time for keeping our relationships healthy is often difficult, as we find ourselves having to work constantly just to live. This is a little song about actually making that time that's necessary to love each other.

I think this comes from a place that most of us can relate to. Our parents try to instill this wisdom in us when we're young, typically in small doses and in cliched things that just get pushed around. We ignored it when young, often not even wanting to hear it. Yet when we're grown, and especially when we have kids of our own, we end up pushing the same little pearls of wisdom out there.

A song I wrote based on the ongoing saga of the birds underneath my lilac bush. There's one big fat oriole under there who used to shriek and fight any other bird that would try to get to his patch of dirt. But there's always someone out there bigger and tougher.

This song is about God being disgusted with humanity, and planning to end it.