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CROOKED - 052310 There is an outfit that hires Latinos to push these little wheeled boxes (some are actually tricycles they ride) cooled with dry ice and filled with all flavors of popsicles that they sell for 50 cents. At some point it became…
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Rick Phillips said

love the imagery and message, great song

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My mom is 91 and still holding on. The people that help her make it thru each day have learned that there is no sense in arguing with her about who they are or when it is...thus the song. MAMA HAS A TIME MACHINE key - Em Mama has a…
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Norm said

Very clever! Great work with the chorus, too!

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My mom is 91 and still holding on. The people that help her make it thru each day have learned that there is no sense in arguing with her about who they are or when it is...thus the song. MAMA HAS A TIME MACHINE key - Em Mama has a…
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Guest said

Oh how lovely this is and so true. I have a parent in the same situation. Very tenderly done!

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CROOKED - 052310 There is an outfit that hires Latinos to push these little wheeled boxes (some are actually tricycles they ride) cooled with dry ice and filled with all flavors of popsicles that they sell for 50 cents. At some point it became…
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Guest said

I love your stories! Your delivery is so great. Oh don't go, you're fading .....

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Well, it's like I went down town last night to see Guthrie playing with Ray and I came home with a song. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Capo @ 1 in G There’s a bird in the gutter that’s so sound asleep He can’t hear the music that’s sweeping…
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Johnny Stone said

Nice one mate great lyrics and vocals top track mate.

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Well, it's like I went down town last night to see Guthrie playing with Ray and I came home with a song. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Capo @ 1 in G There’s a bird in the gutter that’s so sound asleep He can’t hear the music that’s sweeping…
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kavin. said

You're a star to many, JMT, know it or not. But I know that feeling ...

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Well, it's like I went down town last night to see Guthrie playing with Ray and I came home with a song. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Capo @ 1 in G There’s a bird in the gutter that’s so sound asleep He can’t hear the music that’s sweeping…
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Guest said

I'd like to come with you sometime, maybe it'll give me inspiration too. Love your lyrics, and chorus especially, but it's all great.

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Well, it's like I went down town last night to see Guthrie playing with Ray and I came home with a song. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Capo @ 1 in G There’s a bird in the gutter that’s so sound asleep He can’t hear the music that’s sweeping…
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Guest said

Oh, rip my heart, James Michael. Brilliant!

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Well, it's like I went down town last night to see Guthrie playing with Ray and I came home with a song. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Capo @ 1 in G There’s a bird in the gutter that’s so sound asleep He can’t hear the music that’s sweeping…
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Guest said

nice :)

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PORTAL and HAPPINESS and TIME are three of the songs on my new CD, EUREKA. Short pieces. TIME There was a time when I figured my Chevy van would last forever I guess that was back when I was about thirty And there was a time when I thot…
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Guest said

Yay, this is a diversion. Super!

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key of C - no capo We listen for years for words to explain ourselves. "I'm good but not THAT good," was such a moment for me. Good enough to stay in the game but never good enough to win. Last night I kissed somebody I kissed somebody…
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Guest said

Oh my, what a lovely song and I love the guitar too.

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In the corner stands a guitar that plays only sad songs Give me when a friend lost his wife And this fine leather jacket came in a package The day after he took his own life In a bar down in Austin, he was drinkin' and boastin' This ring…
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Guest said

And a fave from me, what a great song.

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Well, I was up on the ladder cleaning the leaves out of the gutters and this song came to me. What could I do? I climbed down and wrote this song. YOUR VOICE G Gyp 4 Bar 5 Gyp 5 I hear your voice and I go…
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Guest said

love the warm real feel to this ..very entertaining.

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Just having some fun with a great old song.
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Guest said

Master of the perfect delivery. Wonderful stuff.

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ROCKING CHAIR Well, I got one on the porch and I got one in the den And just enough umph for the condition I'm in I sit myself down and close my tired eyes And I lean back. Go for a ride. "Rocking chair." I rock off to sleep and I dream…
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Guest said

Well, that may be so, but you've still got it.

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Well, I was up on the ladder cleaning the leaves out of the gutters and this song came to me. What could I do? I climbed down and wrote this song. YOUR VOICE G Gyp 4 Bar 5 Gyp 5 I hear your voice and I go…
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Guest said

Beautiful melody here, funny how things come to us. Sweet lyrics too.

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Just having some fun with a great old song.
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Guest said

This is awesome!!! I wish I'd done this one.

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This lady at the Tap-In in Grapevine said she didn't like this song. She asked me if I really feel this way. I said, "Not right now." BORN I curse and complain when I hear that refrain They say. "Happiness comes from within." If we are…
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Guest said

Well, I have to give you credit for the unusual subject matter. Very well played and sung and great lyrics too.

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This lady at the Tap-In in Grapevine said she didn't like this song. She asked me if I really feel this way. I said, "Not right now." BORN I curse and complain when I hear that refrain They say. "Happiness comes from within." If we are…
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Guest said

Another great tune. You could do any of Neil Youngs stuff to a T.

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In the corner stands a guitar that plays only sad songs Give me when a friend lost his wife And this fine leather jacket came in a package The day after he took his own life In a bar down in Austin, he was drinkin' and boastin' This ring…
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Guest said

Great tune.

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