Anyone see the pelicans and the dead fish floating in the oil? (In the midst of the Great Gulf Leak.) I'M NOT GONNA CRY Oil-covered pelicans smother Feathered brother. I'm not gonna cry. I'm not gonna cry Turtles and dolphins and…

Like I wrote a song for a girl and then sang it myself!

What's to say? That we actually have anything to do with what our government does? Ha! Even Woody Guthrie knew the truth. They just leave that verse out of his "anthem". No Man's Land Easy come, easy go. Nothing lasts for long Pay your…

This song might be better suited for a girl but I don't have a girl anymore. CAREFREE Every time I go out looking for someone who's not like me Someone who's learned to take their time and live their poetry I dream that Care's a monkey…

Some questions and some guesses...about dreams. Video @ https://vimeo.com/214337550/158436839 BETWEEN OUR DREAMS Capo @ 2 KEY F FM7 - When we are born do dreams begin Or was it dreams we dwelt within C - And when we die does dreaming cease…

I found this poem I wrote back before she left. I put music to it and recorded it night before last. Yeah, the high voice is me too. LEAVING Key Am Am Dm He rattles like a tambourine, his…

The drug companies make up diseases so I can too. This is somewhere between Sixteen Tons and Coal Tattoo. I don't mean as good a song. I mean the subject... COAL FEVER Key D D D sus D D D sus D When I got the fever I was eight years old…

Secret longing can last a lifetime... CLARINDA (Waltz) Capo @ 2 Key G G ? Cm7 G Her name was Clarinda, white skin and golden hair G…

That second chord hurts my pointer finger.

Still struggling with this one... Maybe not possible to make this work in a country song...MY DICK DON'T KNOW SHE'S GONE 1. She's been gone for three years now. Three years since she walked out Friends and folks I work with ask me what it…