The Cactus

This song would not be on the album if it had not been for "Sarah the Butterfly" on my last album. The only song that could possibly be weirder than Sarah the Butterfly is this song. Butterfly turns into baby... yeah but what about a man turning into a friggin cactus? Both songs were not intended to be released but they kept nagging me. Both songs were also originally written in a stream of councoiousness. "Then an angel with a Rolex took his hand and said Joe you're a busy man...” I did this song in one take changing things slightly. My original lyric had a lizard in it as well as a snake. Not sure what happened to the lizard. It is purposely sparse with simply acoustic guitar and accordion. I thought about going into the Sonoran Desert with a field recorder to capture the sounds of the night but there just aren’t many unless it is raining.

Trivia about The Cactus:
I was drinking when I wrote it.

Jeff Roach - Accordian
Pat McGrath - Acoustic Guitar
Chris Heers - Vocal