Created with the listener in mind — to let you inside Sara’s mind. Choose your mood, and choose your disc.

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Disc One contains songs of universal woe and quiet lament in conjunction with womankind: from depression, addiction, domestic violence, murder, insomnia, Sara’s family ties to President John and Abigail Adams, a mother’s hands, and finding faith in one’s own song.

Disc Two is a woman’s heart, bright and sparkling, with undercurrents of frustration and wanting: returning to the joys of love, sex, hope, saints, children, little birds and the garden.

DISC ONE: THE MIRROR (OF DESPAIR)

A SONG OF YOU words & music by Sara Hickman and David Batteau (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & Highways of Sound/ASCAP)

TO A MADDENING GHOST words and music by Sara Hickman (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI)

WAGONER’S LAD traditional

LIVING IN QUIET DESPERATION words by Sara Hickman, music by Sara Hickman and Eddy Hobizal (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & EJHMusic/ASCAP)

MAD WORLD words & music by Roland Orzabel (Chrysalis Music Pub./BMI)

TWENTY YEARS TO LIFE words & music by Tricia Mitchell & Monte Warden (Ponderin’ Peaches Pub./BMI & Moonkiss Music/BMI)

MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER words & music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (ABKCO Music/BMI)

COMFORT’S SIGH words & music by Sara Hickman (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI)

MY MAMA’S HANDS words & music by Sara Hickman (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI)

DISC TWO: THE THREAD (OF HAPPINESS)

BIRDHOUSE* words & music by Sara Hickman & David Batteau (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & Highways of Sound/ASCAP)

TWO DAYS TODAY words & music by Sara Hickman (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI)

LEARN YOU LIKE A BOOK words & music by Colin Boyd and Tricia Mitchell (White Headed Fly Music/BMI & Ponderin’ Peaches Pub./BMI)

ARE WE EVER GONNA HAVE SEX AGAIN? words & music by Amy Rigby & Sherry Rich (Songs of Welk/Lympia Music/BMI & Yak Yak Music/Pandora Mink Music/SESAC)

STUPID LOVE† words & music by Sara Hickman & Phil Parlapiano (Le Petite Bonheur/BMI & Parlapiano Music/BMI)

GOOD words & music by Amy Meyers (Cheshire Cat Club Music/ASCAP)

ENUF ‡ words & music by Mark Addison and Nina Singh (Ba Doom Poom/Artifact/Almo/On-Base Music/ASCAP)

ALWAYS A SAINT words and music by Paul Hudson (Hop-Little Music/BMI)

LITTLE BIRD OF ANGER words & music by Bob Ackerman (Made in Texas Music Pub./ASCAP)

THIS TOO WILL PASS words & music by Peter Himmelman (WB Music Corp./ASCAP)

YOUR REWARD words & music by Dan Cohen (Thunderbunny Music/BMI)

Produced & Arranged with great love and care by Sara Hickman
Executively Produced by Paul and Joan Hudson, Liz and Duff Stewart, Gene Cowan, Judy Wisch and Sara Hickman
* Produced by Paul Fox
† Produced by Phil Parlapiano
‡ Produced by Courtney Audain

Shawn Colvin appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records.
Ruthie Foster appears courtesy of Blue Corn Music.
Jimmy LaFave appears courtesy of Red House Records.
Kelly Willis appears courtesy of Rykodisc.
Courtney Audain appears courtesy of Coinhead.

Recorded at Congress House Studios, Austin, TX (except where noted)
Engineered by Mark Hallman, Marty Lester and Ned Stewart
This album was mixed by Mark Hallman
Mixed where noted by Marty Lester