Sneaky Louise
Goodwin: This is a song very close to my heart. It sounds like a happy tune, but anytime someone comes up to me at a show and asks me why I wrote it, I start to tear up when I'm telling them. My best friend growing up is hooked on Oxycontin and is more than $25,000 in debt to her family between what she's stolen from them and what they've put into rehab. The worst part is that she doesn't understand how she is affecting her family and friends and she's still using. No, her name is not Louise. I also lost a family member in a similar situation three years ago and it still hurts--not to mention the 20 other friends I had from high school that are all heading in the same direction. I wouldn't normally write about this, but it seems to be haunting me. How do we help them? Musically, this song has a classic pop sound. It has a great 12-string [guitar] part throughout. The end has gang vocals representing the millions of people who have loved ones are addicts singing, "Why is it so hard for you to believe in what we are saying?"
Sneaky Louise Goodwin: This is a song very close to my heart. It sounds like a happy tune, but anytime someone comes up to me at a show and asks me why I wrote it, I start to tear up when I'm telling them. My best friend growing up is hooked on Oxycontin and is more than $25,000 in debt to her family between what she's stolen from them and what they've put into rehab. The worst part is that she doesn't understand how she is affecting her family and friends and she's still using. No, her name is not Louise. I also lost a family member in a similar situation three years ago and it still hurts--not to mention the 20 other friends I had from high school that are all heading in the same direction. I wouldn't normally write about this, but it seems to be haunting me. How do we help them? Musically, this song has a classic pop sound. It has a great 12-string [guitar] part throughout. The end has gang vocals representing the millions of people who have loved ones are addicts singing, "Why is it so hard for you to believe in what we are saying?"