the majestic Garden State. The
places I mention in that song
are her ‘Jersey.’ It’s where she’s
from. And the song is just about
that fear we all have … ‘what
would I do if I lost you now that
I’ve found you’ …
That song was directly auto-
biographical and was written in
honor of my mother, my wife, my
aunt, my grandmother and all
the women who raised me and
who I was encouraged by my en-
tire life. That’s why it says, ‘Mama
was a woman and a hard-work-
One of the most powerful mo-
ing man.’ She did both. She was
ments on the record is when you my mother and taught me to be
describe what it was like for the
a strong man. She raised me and
protagonist in “Come Wander
worked and supported me. And
with Me” to grow up without a
the chorus is the encourage-
dad. Is that autobiographical or is ment I received when I doubted
it based on someone you know? myself: ‘you always believed --
Listen to “Come Wander With Me” by Brian Fallon
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