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…

...for they do not have to face another tomorrow... BLESSED ARE THE DEAD Blessed are the dead for they shall not be lonely Blessed are the dead for they will not be sad Blessed are the dead for they shall have no longings Nothing lost…

Not much to say about this song. I miss my baby. I miss my baby bad She’s the bestest baby this boy has aver had I miss my baby. I miss my baby real deep I miss her when I’m awake and I miss her when I’ asleep Since my baby left me…

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…

One day as I was turning into my driveway I saw Rita on her porch. She's a lot like me. AL & RITA Capo @2 in C C stepping down to F Al was a smoker. He's dead now, of course Al has Alzheimer's. Alcohol made it worse D stepping down…

Things add up and a song comes along to tell you what it all adds up to. Every time I try to pin down why I wrote this and to whom I wrote it it just slips out of my grasp again and smiles. The way Shannon Elizabeth used "you" in her poems always…

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…

Written in Isaba, Spain 2003. On location shooting THE STONE RAFT/HET STENEN VLAT/La Balsa de Piedra. If you leave me a note, please tell me who you are.

THE SIGN The sign on the fence at the signal Was whippin' in the wind I felt on the dash for a pencil And a Taco Bell napkin The naked prayer of a family Was written on the tarp Rain-drenched and torn by the weather The message, razor…

I was on location for The Stone Raft in Spain and feeling pretty lonely. June of 2000. I was the only person on cast or crew that spoke only English. I was left out of most conversations because the crew and cast were all multilingual Europeans…