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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Just having some fun with a great old song.

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…

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

COOKIES G B7 Em C 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…

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…