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…

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…

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…

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, 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

G) I got a lawn to mow. B7) Weeds to hoe. Em) Cans I need to cash in at C) Recycle rodeo Thots I need to think. Sites I need to link Piles of dirty dishes waiting in the sink But I got A) cookies in the kitchen and that's all I can think…

You know, "To be or not to be."

A GOOD CRY Rick Babb/JMT Why don't you cry I know you need to A tear is meant to ease your pain A flood could come And it would wash you So, don't you try and hold it back A good cry can't be bad Why don't you cry Come her, I'll…

Just having some fun with a great old song.

I was in Spain, in the Pyrenees, working on THE STONE RAFT. I was the only American. I was lonely. SOLITARY WALK Am INTRO Am F Am F Am G F Am Tho I follow in the footprints of my friends And the road I walk down has been tramped…

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…

This is a story I've wanted to tell for a long time... EXCEPTIONS I'm gonna call this "Exceptions." Because sometimes we make exceptions. Don't you know. Exceptions. Exceptions are supposed to prove the rule, but, no, they don't prove the…

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…

I got to thinking, after the earthquake in Haiti, about how, for the 200,000 that died, the suffering was over. About how my mother's suffering will be over soon.

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…