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EVERYTHING Everything you know or think you know Everything you know is wrong Life ain't no hootenanny and you don't have to sing along You can laugh and you can mumble You can hold your breath Take a little piece of my heart now honey…
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Colleen Dillon said

Love the melody and harmonies on this one! Good toe tapping this morning

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THE LESSON I saw her in a music store in Fort Worth, Texas I'd driven in to buy some strings It was like getting hit by a little fist in my solar plexis when she said, “Can you help me tune this thing?” She had a smile. A thin disguise…
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Colleen Dillon said

Love your voice. What a great story.

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TESLA Who invented remote control? TESLA Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA Who invented the radio? TESLA And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA So, you say now, “Don’t be angry.” And you say, “Just tell the story…
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Guest said

LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!!!!!!!

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THE LESSON I saw her in a music store in Fort Worth, Texas I'd driven in to buy some strings It was like getting hit by a little fist in my solar plexis when she said, “Can you help me tune this thing?” She had a smile. A thin disguise…
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keykrazy said

Enjoyed this story and the song. Thank you for uploading it!

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A PICTURE I CAN'T THROW AWAY Key C Capo @ 4 (Yes. It's a true story. I changed it to 1st person. It was a friend of my brother, Joe's.) This audio is missing. I will have to find it in the archives or re-record it some day…
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mmi said

Wow!

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It’s a small town. Woodlake, California. East side of the San Joaquin Valley. 14 miles from where all those “Lindsey” olives you see on your grocery store shelves come from. The Woodlake Echo, says, “In the foothills of the Sequoias”. FOOTHILLS…
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Colleen Dillon said

Great lyrics and imagery. Love this. Feels like an anthem!!

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STEPPIN' ON SOME TOES Key - Em and E Em Well, some folks got big noses Some folks got big hats Some folks stand out in the aisle Make it hard to pass Am Some folks they got money Em They…
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Guest said

Love it Jim!

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WHERE Where will I spend the rest of our life? Where will I live our tomorrow Our only hope springs from within your sorrow And if I thot your pain could be bought I'd start saving today for tomorrow Where, where Our only hope springs…
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" ...and if I thought, your pain could be bought, I'd start saving today, for tomorrow." My Gawd, My Gawd! Who else but JMT could write such a great line!

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This song is akin to REMEMBERING BABE. Another night to Keren's. Almost got caught by the cops. Saw 'em coming so Babe and I hid in the olive orchard until they turned off the spot light and left. THEN, I did what came to be called my Night Ride…
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Guest said

Great song!

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My favorite song by Jane Bowers She was still alive back when I 1st learned this song from the Kingston Trio. I didn't know, back then, that I could have met her. WHEN I WAS YOUNG by Jane Bowers When I was young and dreams were new…
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MemphisMaiden said

lovely....

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Sadly, Annie and Allan are now divorced... The games are over... Annie & Allan Annie and Allan were having a problem Made a decision to go their own ways Annie and Allan made an announcement Not even knowing how it saddened…
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MemphisMaiden said

very very nice !

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I was in Spain, in the Pyrenees, working on THE STONE RAFT. I was the only American, read, "English speaker." I was feeling very alone. SOLITARY WALK Am INTRO Am F Am F Am (walking down) G F G Tho I follow in the footprints of my friends…
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Guest said

Dear James, thanks for sharing this song that remains me the days we spent together in Pirineos, Spain. Congrats and big hugs from the Summertime at Madrid

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IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY KEY - C capo @ 1 C F C If it makes you Happy I will tie your shoe C D G If it makes you happy I will tickle you F C Am…
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Well that makes me happy.

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ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C C F C Morning sun shies thru the curtains C G C Throwing shadows on her face C F C I…
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Guest said

Besides you that is.

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ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C C F C Morning sun shies thru the curtains C G C Throwing shadows on her face C F C I…
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Russ Emerick wondered, who is singing?

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The Fading Yellow Ribbon There’s a fading yellow ribbon around the oak tree in the yard Each day they walk out to the mail box but even walking’s getting hard And they’re looking for a letter that they fear will not arrive It’s a letter…
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Well you've made my eyes leak again. I keep listening to your songs and I keep leaking. I might have developed an allergy of some kind but I'll keep listening. Really touching.

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NEW DAY Key A A E A E In the morning when she gets me up A E D E Pours some wake up in my coffee cup A D E A (D A E) She opens the window…
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Guest said

A great day-starter!

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A friend of mine, a drummer named Don Landry, put this together and I added voices. He didn't ask me to but he said he likes what I did.
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Full of drama, sounds like a movie track

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A friend of mine, a drummer named Don Landry, put this together and I added voices. He didn't ask me to but he said he likes what I did.
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That's the way it happened.

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I wrote this at my dad's urging. He likes it. We sing it together. I have YouTube Video of it up. EULOGY He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma Red dirt back yard, Gramma's place Honey suckle in a dust bowl Life as hard as limestone lace…
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Guest said

Returned today to listen, and so glad I did! It is a wonderful song. I like the timber of your vocals, too. There is a soft edge that serves the song so well because of its subject. I respond too, as an Okie, having lived for 40 years in Sapulpa and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fav lines might be, "Red dirt back yard, Gramma’s place Honey suckle in a dust bowl Life as hard as limestone lace Remembering the red dirt... Know these accents and sounds like the back of my hand... thanks for posting! --Gwyn Henry

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