The silent alarm - great line! Lovely clear vox.

I can see you sitting on a stool in front of a live audience. Really cute song.

Great story telling! Be careful . . . You might bring up the spirit of Townes VanZant too! There is nothing better than a wistful song.

A story perfectly told. Love the vocals!

Love the contrasts in the vocals .....the trumpet works a treat ....a wonderful story

Makes me want to hoist a pint and it's only seven in the morning!

Picturing JMT in a kilt.

Very Gaelic in flavour,love it

Here is the rare chance to listen to JMT who thinking about ~Happiness~

Come here to listen to what The Man said!

Gosh, this is powerful stuff and a refreshing rework of the original. Your vocal timing is impeccable.

Sounds like an Irish folky song. The "Diamonds back to coal" is a great line! Love it, very jaunty!

whoo... JT memory is such a tricky thing

whiskey did some one say whiskey

Beautiful guitar and arrangement. Maybe happiness is accepting reality and doing the best you can with it, but I wouldn't know for sure, cause I haven't reached that point, either.

Love lyrics!

Beautifully heartfelt lyrics and haunting melody..........love it.

Beautiful, dark, thoughtful. Your imagery staggers my imagination.

ah, the poet visits the night

Lovely song james .tres emotionnel!

"This old house is a raincoat I put on" LOVE IT LeAnne M Christian

Nice. You write that? -LeAnne Christian

That was beautifully written and played. I mustn't forget to say that it's beautifully narrated in your song. I was there! Bravo! P.S. I know where your namesake got his style. - George Garner

Naad Kaur Khalsa - yes...true dat

Hey, it seems like years. Just want to say hi.

I love this, thank you. 💜 I really appreciate you so much! I’m just getting back to reading everyone’s comments and replying to sweet messages, Happy New Year my sweet and talented friend! I hope it’s one of your best! VIOLET LEA

Bravo! Great lyrics and beat - Rahim Quazi

Absolutly love the wind whistling the cows mooing & the Dixie Chicks back up singers. Never heard this one, a real fun song. Robert Hayden

Lately people tell me they cry when I sing THE COUCH and YOUR VOICE. Last night, at dinner with True, he said GRAMMA'S SHAMPOO is like a stab in his heart. Maybe my grave stone will say:HIS SONGS MADE PEOPLE CRY.

Roland Brown Crying is the expression of our deepest emotions, I think. We cry when we are sad, we cry when we are deeply moved, and we cry when we are overcome with happiness. “He Made People Feel”.

Lazarus Knight A powerful line - "It’s the distance from the bulb. It’s not the fading of the light."

David Young I have always felt an emotional connection to your songs. “Help” was your song that first caught my attention then “Hickory Stix” and “Lisa Makes Appointments.” You have such a great talent for introducing characters and describing situations. You do it with simple but perfect lyrics and wonderful tunes. I never get tired of crying along with you!

I like it. It's a bit genius but it does prove that you write songs that don't always make you cry. Tony Desmuke

you are a great Songwriter my friend, lost my wife of 10 years little over a year ago So it touches home, done its job... Mr Jones

Bill Jones Hey James' Little long but guess you had nothing but Time...lol' Not bad~Not bad at all. Songwriter, myself I really Listen for the stories that make up an Artist, and his music...

Good work and good works to you! - Norm Ballinger

Love it - Elizabeth Smith

Roberta Hargrove This is beautiful!!! I

Lazarus Knight That was great, sir. I wasn't aware that you could tickle the keys that well. The piano suggests the melody so strongly that if you told me the instrumental came before the lyrics I could easily believe it.

Roberta Hargrove This is beautiful!!! I