Matraca had this to say about the songs on Lying to the Moon:

"THE THINGS YOU LEFT UNDONE" A woman's struggle for self sufficiency in a right wing, left brained world is not easy. I prefer to call this "Ode To My Ex-husband".

"I GOT IT BAD" This song was a tongue in cheek effort to lighten the pain of unrequited love. The next song shows that it didn't work.

"LYING TO THE MOON" I was siting on the porch of a mountain top cabin in Maggie Valley, watching the moon rise, playing my guitar. This is what came to me in the mist.

"I MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY" Looking back at the hours I've spent on a sleepy-eyed analyst's couch, ranting and raving about how crazy I used to be for loving a certain person, I found it a laughable enough paradox to write about. I wrote the song sitting on a folding chair.

"YOU ARE THE STORM" As a child, I was terrified of storms. As a woman, I became a storm. This song is about me.

"CALICO PLAINS" My dad is a farm boy from the mid-west. His sister, being my age, was a close friend of mine from childhood to womanhood. This is a song about her friends, my friends, and probably a freind of someone you know too.

"APPALACHIAN RAIN" I wrote this about my mother. I wish she was still alive to hear it. The baby with no name is yours truly. The murder is either drama or wishful thinking. I'm not sure which...yet.

"BABY, WALK ON" This is the same girl who wrote "UNDONE" after she's had a year or so to think. I decided this was not time for reflection, so I kicked his butt again.

"ALICE IN THE LOOKING GLASS" Thelma's is a true to life, honest to goodness place here in Nashville. Being a native, I've passed by this pink brick building all my life, wondering what the women were like who worked there. I incorporated several personalities of southern women I've known and loved in my life.

"DANCING ON THE WIRE" We had a song pulled out from under us right before we went into the studio. Wendy, Josh and I jokingly titled this song "UNDER THE WIRE" because we had to write a tenth song at the last minute, literally. As we were cutting the album. Whew!

"This is not a new recording. It is what you might call a compilation, re-release, 'Best of' sort of thingy. We, (Joe Galante, Renee Bell, Josh Leo, Marion Williams, Mary Hamilton & RCA in general), call it a 'Labour of love' It's unheard of to do such a release on a - not exactly what this business would call - 'Hot artist' truth is I have no records in the stores & Joe is helping me out.I love you Joe. this one's for you"