Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus - Slap in the Face

7. Slap in the Face - (Jim Patton, Independent Alligator Publishing Co., ASCAP; Jeff Talmadge, Totzien Music, BMI; Steve Brooks, Casa Del Frog Music, BMI)
The song title is a Zen koan. I started this song to write about some of my mentors who I feel let me down, once I had learned what I needed to learn and had moved on. But as I wrote, I became so grateful for what they had taught me, that I changed the song. The song is based on real characters, but only based on. Some would never have said the words I put in their mouths. The song is about how every time I stalled out in life, somebody came along to give me that nudge to get me started again. A song of gratitude.