Bean and Irwin are two of the sharpest writers going. On a zany cut like Queen Bee, it's funny rhymes and wordplay: '... way up in a hollow tree, perfect idolatry: little bees on their knees.' On regretful tune like Good for Nothing, it might be a telling image: 'Put the toys back in their boxes. Let me pull the ribbons off them one more time.' I've heard the gripes about their musicianship, they don't have Emmylou's pipes, and so on. For me, they put it across just fine. These songs stick with you.