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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 NJ STAGE - ISSUE 46 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 42