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If You’re Not Growing

Some of my old friends seem the same year after year: just like they were in high school, at the start of their careers They talk in careful circles around where they ought to be; and most of them still … Continue reading

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The Songs That Filled My Boyhood

The songs that filled my boyhood time are gone, their melodies have faded with the years; and all my vain attempts to sing along have left only their skeletons, and tears. Mere shadows take their place, as mummers’ tunes, their … Continue reading

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Ten Seconds Too Long

Standing in the echo of the last show’s fading note, wondering through the night about the last song that I wrote: the one that drew a line and put me on the other side; was that what we both wanted, … Continue reading

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How Many Times?

for Johnny Cash How many times must I repeat the same old tired line? How many times can this old heart be broken and be fine? It doesn’t take a genius to opine the odds are bound to take a … Continue reading

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It Doesn’t Matter

It doesn’t matter anymore Who’s right or wrong, who’s keeping score. Whatever we were looking for, you’re set on walking out the door It doesn’t matter what I say You wouldn’t listen anyway It’s black and white, no shades of … Continue reading

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When You Were Mine

I’ve been listening today to a lot of early Merle Haggard. He’s always been one of my biggest influences, particularly as a songwriter — although as a singer, particularly his work in the sixties, there was NOBODY as fluid or … Continue reading

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So Long (This Time So Long)

I’ll leave the light on outside so you can find your way when you come home tonight I don’t know where you’ve been, but I ain’t asking, I know I don’t have the right Besides, it’s just another passing evening … Continue reading

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