If you heard a song at a recent concert, try this page. It lists the songs that she has been performing recently, and is probably the easiest way to find the song you are looking for.
If you heard a song you can't find on this page, You might want to look through the songs page, especially the page organized by song types. If you still can't find what you are looking for, contact us.
Songs from Recent Concerts
Alice
A song about a hotel manager that Cheryl talked to for a long time after a concert. Contains the line: "The more I travel / The more I want to see"
Arrow
This song is her most requested and most recorded song. It is a song about lost love, and contains the phrase "in the TV light". (If you've heard the song, that's the phrase that will stick in your mind.)
Bank, The
Dedicated to Fleet Mortgage, who handled Cheryl's mortgage in 1998. In Nov 2011 she added a new verse inspired by the financial crisis.
Ebb and Flow
She wrote this song for a friend who had been going through some hard times.
Estate Sale
A song about going through dead people's houses.
Further and Further Away
A song about growing older, and being surprised at how clearly we remember incidents that happened a long time ago.
Gandhi/Buddha
A song about how lucky Cheryl feels to have found Cathleen. She usually does the "counter" version of this song next.
Great Angry Baby
This political rant was spawned from the nasty political environment leading up to the 2016 US presidential election.
Handy House
About what you can and can't do in an outhouse.
Holding On
A song to a friend who was going through a rough time.
Howl at the Moon
A song about her dog James, or maybe herself.
If I Die Before You
Cheryl and Cathleen were working on their wills, and this song is the result.
If It Were Up to Me
A song about the Jonesboro shooting incident. Most lines start with "Maybe it's the ...".
It's the Phone
A hilarious song about Cell phones
Kenny's Song
This is a hilarious song which keeps repeating the words: "Now I like my husband better than my wife."
Lady Gaga's Singing Program
Cheryl's description goes like this: After reading a quote from a Westboro Baptist Church member referring to "Lady Gaga's less than beautiful singing program", I just had to write "Lady Gag's Singing Program" from WBC's point of view.
Leaning Into Me
This is a very touching song about Cheryl's love of dogs.
Little Lonely Thing
A song about a lonely feeling that Cheryl got one morning in a hotel room.
Cat Accountant
Another funny song about Penrod. Apparently, he is an accountant that keeps sending them bills.
My Cat's Birthday
A funny song about Penrod's fifteenth birthday.
My Inflatable Plane
This song is basically a (day) dream about Cheryl and her dogs, as well as some other dogs that were visiting.
Northern Girl
About being homesick
Real November Sky
The real title to this song is "Real November Sky". This is a song that was written on Cheryl's little tenor uke, She's never played it on guitar. It's about autumn and Thanksgiving
One Step at a Time
About being upset with a friend.
Pointing at the Sun
A song about science and the how plants follow the sun.
Pop Tarts and Spam
A funny song about the hazards of cruise ships.
Raining in Portland
A reflective song about raining in Portland, and how she shifted from somewhat depressed with being quite satisfied.
Potato
The chorus of The Mexican Hat Dance, using only the word "potato"
75 Septembers
Written for her father's 75th birthday.
Shutcher Piehole
A song about giving her cat a crazy name.
Summer's Almost Over
Cheryl wrote this shortly before Sept 11, 2001. It is a nice song about how great life has been for her.
Sylvia Hotel
A mellow song written while looking out over English Bay during the rain.
Unworthy
A cute song about how Cheryl always thinks she should be doing something else.
Where's All the Money?
This is a rant asking what has happened to all the money we used to have. She wrote this on her ukelele, with "Buddy Can You Spare a Dime?" as the little musical intro.
You Know You Will
A song about the changes in a relationship. This song came very quickly to Cheryl.
Your God
A rant about the religious fanatics and religious intolerance.