If you were dead my life would be simple I'd hurt and miss you like I do But the missing would be different, if you were dead If you were dead it would be all over I'd cry and write a song or two But the songs would be different, if you were…

A chapter in my bio... ONE SMALL CANDLE Key - G G D G In this old world when things go wrong D C. G We hold our women. We sing our song. D…

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…

If this was only made up! SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Key G G Bar 7/ 6/ 5 D I lie on my back. Look up thru the leaves B C Cm The stars are still there G…

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…

SLEEPING ALONE Now, I've got room for my radio and I've got room for my phone And I've got room for my books and sun glasses now that I'm sleeping alone Now I've got room for my tablet and I've got room for my pen And now I've got room for…

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…

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…

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…

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…