Beautiful Child - Lindsey
Stevie never confided in me who it's about, but it's clearly someone who's a bit older, someone who was just passing through. I think it speaks of her longing to connect with someone on a deeper level again. It's sad because it comments on her loneliness. It's a gorgeous song. That and "Storms" kill me.
Stevie
This is one of my very favourite ballads. It's so from the heart. It was written about an English man I was crazy about who was quite a bit older than me in his beautiful English voice, and I would sit at his feet, just mesmerised, and he would say, "You are a beautiful child" and I'd say, "I'm not a child anymore". He was married, so we stopped, because it was going to hurt a lot of people. The song is like a straight retelling of the last night of that relationship. Every time I sing it I'm transported back to the Beverly Hills Hotel and walking across the grounds to get a cab after saying goodbye.
Walk A Thin Line - Lindsey
This was sparked by a Charlie Watts drum fill in "Sway" on Sticky Fingers. There are a couple of times where he does a kind of military press-roll acriss the beat, and I was in love with that moment. When I thought about the tempo of the song I was reminded of "Sway" and that fill. It was a spirited idea that fit the song.
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