January 05, 2002 | 12:31 PM

Last night I drank 2 bottles of wine and wrote a new song with John. I am thrilled with the song and it's a different direction for me lyrically. It sort of reminds me of Leonard Cohen.

It goes like this:

So that's the song. I was sort of thinking about how Joni Mitchell wrote most of Blue while she was in Europe, and I wanted to try writing something that intimate and um well... European for lack of a better word. So I thought about being in Paris and Rennes with Leila when I was 16. I could write a whole album about what happened in that month.

John's guitar is gorgeous too-- all finger picking and very simple. It sounds like Ida, who I've been listening to a lot lately.

I can't wait until we start recording. Our catalogue of songs is beginning to take shape. We're going to call the record Down They Forgot.

I really hope Sean moves up and lives with us and joins our band. I also hope Dawson continues to jam with us because his piano adds a great deal and he's a lot of fun onstage.

We are really really good.

Something is going to happen. I can feel it.