Relationships 2

This top ten is based on number of plays on Soundcloud of my songs.  I will update it regularly, if status changes.  Right now, there are 11 songs in the top 10, due to a tie for 10th.

My Top 10 Listened To Songs on Soundcloud

Top 11 downloaded songs (there was a four way tie for the last few spots on the ten).

My Top 10 Downloaded Songs on Soundcloud

Best Love Songs

Songs about relationships in various stages.

Relationships

Just Across The Florida LIne

Six pack in the front seat
And a case on ice in back
My woman here beside me
And my foot down on the gas
We’re driving through the darkness
Gotta make it there in time
There’s gonna be a party
Just across the Florida line

Tape deck playing music
Someone’s wasting away
I’ll pop another cold one
When we leave that Georgia clay
I’m not sure where it is
But we’re going to find
The party that is brewing
Just across the Florida line

Got the invitation
Just about a week ago
Someone threw a kegger
For some people we know
Somewhere off the highway
When the sun begins to shine
There’s gonna be a big one
Just across the Florida line

We find a young hitch hiker
On the side of the road
We stop to ask the boy
If he knows where we should go
He tells us, for a ride
That he really wouldn’t mind
To take us to that party
Just across the Florida line

We pull up to the beach house
There’s a half a million cars
We made it to the water
And we found ourselves the bar
The sun came out of hiding
Guess we made it there in time
They sure know how to party
Just across the Florida line

They’ll have another next year
And we’re all invited back
You can bet we’ll be there
God I hope that year goes fast
No, I’ll never know a good time
Like the one you’ll find
When I make it to the parties
Just across the Florida line

Just Across the Florida Line

"While I'm Out Breaking My Back (She's Out Breaking My Heart)"

She likes the jewelry
She likes to wear those finer things
Fancy cars
And multi-carat diamond rings
Clothes you can't buy at shopping malls
Sports cars and dinner at John-Paul's
She isn't happy 'less she's going out every night
She wants to be a high class wife

I'm just a poor boy
Working at the factory
Swing shift and holidays
Trying to buy all those things
Noon until midnight everyday
Trying hard to keep her happy on my pay
I rarely get to see her when I get home every night
Providing her the high class life

While I'm out breaking my back
She's out breaking my heart
When I'm putting together the pieces
She's out tearing the town apart
She's flirting with every guy
Crossing her path tonight
While I stand here in this damn line
Working for my overtime
Something just isn't right
She's wearing her Gucci jeans
I got overalls from K-mart
While I'm out breaking my back
She's out breaking my heart

My friends say to leave her
Let her find a Sugar Dad
The girls that I work with
Say they'd give me something she never has
Love shouldn't feel like I've been held up
But something 'bout that woman got my mind stuck
She isn't easy, but she's still the center of my life
Living with that high class wife

While I'm out breaking my back
She's out breaking my heart
When I'm putting together the pieces
She's out tearing the town apart
She's flirting with every guy
Crossing her path tonight
While I stand here in this damn line
Working for my overtime
Something just isn't right
She's wearing her Gucci jeans
I got overalls from K-mart
While I'm out breaking my back
She's out breaking my heart

While I'm out breaking my back
She's out breaking my heart

While I'm Out Breaking My Back (She's Out Breaking My Heart)

Remember The First Time

Good Little Girl Gone Bad

Last Night

The Muse

Used to be that it was easy then
Had a pad of paper and a ball point pen
I'd write down the words line after line
Sit for hours in my living room
Picking out the notes to make up the tune
The guitar sounding sweet against my rhyme
The Muse would come to me 'most every time

Used to play out on the boulevard
And every song I'd sing would hit the people hard
They'd stand around and listen to me sing
They'd applaud and put their money down
Then I'd pack it up and hit another town
Surviving on the fortune music brings
The Muse provided me with everything

Somewhere in between the then's and now's
Life got complicated and I changed somehow
I settled down and have a wife and kids
Got my guitar packed up on the shelf
And all the songs I hear belong to someone else
I don't do those things that I once did
The Muse found someone else and now she's hid

Every now and then I get the urge
To sit back down and call out to her
I get out the guitar and sing those songs
But now I realize they don't sound right
Put the guitar down and turn out the light
What once sounded so right, comes out so wrong
I guess that once she leaves, the Muse is gone

The Muse

Satisfied

I don't claim to be the only one for you
I know that there are others that can do the things I do
But as long as you chose me, I'm gonna try
To keep you satisfied
Keep you satisfied

Well, I won't say that I'm the best that you could find
I'm sure that there are one or two that I fall way behind
But as long as I got you here by my side
I'll keep you satisfied
Keep you satisfied

Well, I know there must have been some times
That thoughts have run across your mind
To cut me loose and find somebody new
But somehow you have always stayed
And I'm sure glad things are that way
'Cause if you left, I don't know what I'd do

I know that you are the only one for me
Without you here now, darlin', I just don't know where I'd be
Since you are lying here with me tonight
I'll keep you satisfied
Keep you satisfied

I don't know what it is about those things you do
But I hope that I can do them just as good to you
You know that there is nothing I won't try
To keep you satisfied
Keep you satisfied
You know I'll always try
To keep you satisfied

Oh yeah,  I know there must have been some times
That thoughts have run across your mind
To cut me loose and find somebody new
But somehow you have always stayed
And I'm sure glad things are that way
'Cause if you left, I don't know what I'd do

I don't claim to be the only one for you
I know that there are others who can do the things I do
But as long as you chose me, I'm gonna try, try, try
To keep you satisfied
I'll keep you satisfied
You know I'll always try, try, try, try
To keep you satisfied
You know I'll always try
To keep you satisfied

Satisfied

Baby's Got A One Track Mind

"I’m Gonna Love You"

I can tell by your sighs
And the look in your eyes
You’re not too sure
What you wanna do
You say that you want me
But you wanna be free
You don’t understand the changes
That you’re going through
Well, you can change your mind
A million times
I know I won’t be
Changing mine

I’m gonna love you
I think the world of you
There is no one above you
At the top of my list
I’ll be waiting for you
I simply adore you
There’s nobody before you
Girl, I’ll tell you this
I’ve been in love
Since we first kissed

I can tell from your smile
That this could take a while
You’re not sure
What you feel
You like having me here
But you still have fears
You just can’t believe
The things I say are real
Love ain’t blind
And some ties still bind
Stay here with me
And you’re gonna find

I’m gonna love you
I think the world of you
There is no one above you
At the top of my list
I’ll be waiting for you
I simply adore you
There’s nobody before you
Girl, I’ll tell you this
I’ve been in love
Since we first kissed

If you’re caught between
Your head and heart
Just come on with me
And let the loving start

I’m gonna love you
I think the world of you
There is no one above you
At the top of my list
I’ll be waiting for you
I simply adore you
There’s nobody before you
Girl, I’ll tell you this
I’m gonna love you
I think the world of you
There is no one above you
At the top of my list
I’ll be waiting for you
I simply adore you
There’s nobody before you
Girl, I’ll tell you this
I’ve been in love
Since we first kissed

I'm Gonna Love You

"Sad Old Songs"

Sad old songs
Forgotten melodies
That’s all you left for me
When you packed your things to go
You took my love
I gave you all the best
You left me with the rest
Sinking down so low

Didn’t I say you had my love forever
Wasn’t that enough to keep you satisfied
I offered you the world and all you had to do was take it
But it wasn’t enough to keep you by my side

Sad old songs
Are playing on the radio
Tonight I think the whole world knows
The way you made me feel
I gave my all
But that was never quite enough
To keep our love from breaking up
These wounds will never heal

Didn’t I say you had my love forever
Wasn’t that enough to keep you satisfied
I offered you the world and all you had to do was take it
But it wasn’t enough to keep you by my side

Now, sad old songs
Will always be reminding me
Of the night I set you free
And the way you kissed goodbye
The same old songs
I sang to you so long ago
When I was your hero
Now they only make me cry

Sad old songs
Forgotten melodies
That’s all you left for me
When you packed your things to go
You took my love
I gave you all the best
You left me with the rest
Sinking down so low

Sad old songs

Sad Old Songs

"Put Another Log On The Fire"

Put another log on the fire
You’re taking me higher
Than I’ve ever been before
You know that it’s true
How much I love you
I couldn’t love you any more

You know what they say
How hard it is for lovers these days
But I’m gonna try
To make sure that our love survives

Put another log on the fire
‘Cause it’s my desire
That you are right for me
And stay here a while
While we share our smiles
There’s no place I’d rather be

You know what they say
How hard it is for lovers these days
But we will get by
All we gotta do is try

Take my willing hand into yours
Yes, I am so sure
That what we have is right
And walk by my side
There’s no reason to hide
Please stay with me tonight

You know what they say
How hard it is for lovers these days
But we’ll make it through
All I ever need is you

Put another log on the fire

Put another log on the fire

Put another log on the fire

Put another log on the fire

Put Another Log On The Fire

Friends & Lovers

Sometimes a friend turns into a lover
And back to a friend again
And sometimes the change can make the other
Wanna call it the end
This time the call is up to you, girl
I’m flexible, I can bend
The only thing I won’t do
Is pretend

Well, you can say goodbye to the tears in your eyes
That’s not what it’s all about
Don’t have to tell me lies or apologize
Just because the love ran out
Or you can try to hold on though the feeling’s gone
And you’re left standing here in doubt
If you love me still or never will
Time alone will bring out

Sometimes a friend turns into a lover
And back to a friend again
And sometimes the change can make the other
Wanna call it the end
This time the call is up to you, girl
I’m flexible, I can bend
The only thing I won’t do
Is pretend

Well, you can walk away and never say
What it all means to you
Close your eyes and try to hide
Saying things that aren’t true
You can drag it on when the feeling’s gone
In a manner that I’m used to
But if I see that’s how it’s gonna be
We’re better off saying it’s through

Sometimes a friend turns into a lover
And back to a friend again
And sometimes the change can make the other
Wanna call it the end
This time the call is up to you, girl
I’m flexible, I can bend
The only thing I won’t do
Is pretend

Sometimes a lover turns into a friend
Then back to a lover again
And sometimes they both are better for it
Thinking it was the end
All it takes is a little strength girl
All you need I’ll lend
The only thing I won’t do
Is pretend
And if ever the time arrives
I’ll try it again


Friends & Lovers

Christ Is King

"She’s The One"

Sky blue eyes
Rose red lips
It’s like lightening striking
When she touch me with her finger tips
She’s got long flowing hair
That’s shining like the morning sun
I’m a one woman man
I’m here to tell you that she’s the one

A golden heart
Tried and true
There ain’t no doubt about it
She shows me with the things we do
She fills me with the feeling
There’s nothing that can’t be done
I’m a one woman man
I’m here to tell you that she’s the one

She's the one
There won’t be any other
At the top of my list
There ain’t no one above her
That’s where she is gonna stay
I won’t let her get away
A one woman man
She’s got me forever
When she asks if I’ll leave
I’ll just say never
She’s my one and only
The only one for me

Warm soft smile
Full of surprise
Can’t resist her sweet kisses
And excitement flashing in her eyes
The girl is a miracle
The answer to my prayers has come
I’m a one woman man
I’m here to tell you that she’s the one
There won’t be any others
Gotta tell you that she’s the one

Sky blue eyes
Rose red lips
It’s like lightening striking
When she touch me with her finger tips
She’s got long flowing hair
That’s shining like the morning sun
I’m a one woman man
I’m here to tell you that she’s the one
There won’t be any others
Gotta tell you she’s the only one

She's The One

Should Have Been There

Seven years a salesman
Had been out on the road
Here and there and back again
He was hardly home
He had a wife who loved him
As faithful as could be
But she saw less of him
Than all the clients that he’d see

During one of his short pit stops home
His pretty wife conceived
In the nine months of her pregnancy
She saw him less than me
He’d tell me ‘bout the letters
He received out on the road
She’d write how much she missed him
And wished that he was home

She’d say,
“Man, you should have been there.
It was such a sight to see.
My belly twice it’s normal size.
Would you still recognize me?
I know that you are busy
And the work must carry on.
But you miss so much at home
When you are gone.
Wish you were here
All along.”

She had a child that springtime
While he was out of town
The baby and the mother
Both grew up while he wasn’t around
He popped in and out of their lives
Just like a yoyo on a string
Barely had a chance to say hello
He missed everything

The wife said,
“Man, you should have been there
When our boy stood at the plate,
When he made good grades in school,
And when he went on his first date.
We understand you’re busy
And your work must carry on,
But you miss so  much at home
When you are gone.
We wish you were here
All along.”

The boy got married last week
And on his wedding day he wrote,
“Dad, I’m sorry you’re not here.
I wish that you could get this note.
I think you’d like this woman.
I bet she’d like you too.
I know I did, Daddy,
In the short time I spent with you.”

And he wrote,
“Dad, you should have been there
When I cried for you at night,
When I needed your words to guide me,
Or for you to hold me tight.
I knew that you were busy.
You had important things to do.
So, in my prayers
I always thought of you.”

“And I know that you loved me
Till your time on earth was through.
I hope you knew that mom and I
Both loved and missed you too.
Gee, you should have been there,
It was such a sight to see.
I only wish that you had had
More time to spend with me.”

Should Have Been There

Sometimes You Gotta Look Where You Are Now

Keep one eye on the future
And the other on the past
You got so far to go
And you gotta get there fast
It’s a long hard road
But you’ll make it there somehow
Sometimes you gotta look
Where you are now

If you don’t know where you’re going
And you don’t know where you’ve been
How can you plot out the path
To the goal at the other end
So many ways to choose from
And in order to plan how
Sometimes you gotta look
Where you are now

Your life can be a circle
With the center where you stand
Your life can be a straight line
With you in between the ends
All the comings and the goings
Learning why, wherefore, and how
Sometimes you gotta look
Where you are now

In your hurry through this lifetime
You must take a little time
To slow down and appreciate
What you find along the line
Remind yourself to make a chance
And take a solemn vow
Sometimes you gotta look
Where you are now

Before life passes you by
And you have to wonder how
You gotta stop to look
Where you are now

Sometimes You Gotta Look Where You Are Now

Oh My God

"I Hate Myself For Loving You"

Woke up this morning with a smile on my face
Rolled over to find you gone
My heart was as cold as your side of the bed
Without you to keep it warm
I know you warned me, you said you would leave
If I didn’t change with the times
Why couldn’t you have me the way that I am
And stop trying to change my mind

You’ve been using me
Abusing me
There’s so much you’ve put me through
The only thing
That is on my mind
Is I hate myself for loving you

I tried the city and I tried the new styles
And I tried to change my ways
But I was born and bred a country boy
And I guess that’s what I’m going to stay
You have a need to keep up with the Jones
And I have a need for you
We were two different people trying to live the same life
It wouldn’t work no matter what we do

You’ve been using me
Abusing me
There’s so much you’ve put me through
And the only thing
That is on my mind
Is I hate myself for loving you

So, I hope that you find what it is that you want
And I hope that you find it today
I got an urge to go looking for you
But I’ll let you get away
I know that you loved me, but I wasn’t the man
You’d been looking for all these years
And you know that I love you, that’s why I let you leave
While my heart was breaking here

You’ve been using me
Abusing me
There’s so much you’ve put me through
And the only thing
That is on my mind
Is I hate myself for loving you

You’ve been using me
Abusing me
There’s so much you’ve put me through
The only thing
That is on my mind
Is I hate myself for loving you

I Hate Myself For Loving You

"Stay With Me Baby"

My feelings for you, baby
Keep on growing day by day
And if I had you here right now
Here’s what I’d have to say
Stay with me, baby
Stay the whole night through
Stay with me, sugar
I wanna give my love to you

Well, I had a lot of lovers
In the short time I’ve been here
But I really must admit right now
You’re the one that I hold dear 
Stay with me, baby
Stay the whole night through
Stay with me, sugar
I wanna give my love to you

I could travel ‘round this country
I could run around the world
But there’s nothing I could find out there
That would keep me from you, girl
Stay with me, baby
Stay the whole night through
Stay with me, sugar
I wanna give my love to you

My feelings for you, darlin’
Just keep growing night and day
And now that you are here with me
There’s something I must say
Stay with me, baby
Stay the whole night through
Stay with me, sugar
I wanna give my love to you

Stay With Me Baby

So many listens these last couple weeks, but I don't have any idea who it is that is listening.  Please leave your comments, so I can thank you for lighting this song up on my list!

"Lady (Where Are You Now?)"

I wasn't expecting to meet you here
I only came in for the music and a couple beers
No, I wasn't looking for your company at all
I was out on the town, just trying to clear my mind
To leave a bad love affair and my job behind
When I noticed you standing over against the wall

You had a look in your eye that said, "Take me"
You had a smile on your face that said, "Now"
You reached out to my soul
You had me under control
And all that I could say was "Show me how"
Oh, Lady
Where are you now?

Now, I can't quite remember how the story goes
I don't even think that the Shadow knows
You grabbed my hand and I didn't put up any fight
You walked me out to your car and you pulled me up close
Your kiss was the thing that I remember the most
The one thing I'm sure of is it never felt so right

You had this look in your eye that said, "Take me"
You had a smile on your face that said, "Now"
You reached out to my soul
And had me under control
And all that I could say was "Show me how"
Oh, Lady
Where are you now?

Well, that night might have happened two years ago
Or it might have been last night, for all I know
I hope that some day it can happen again
I can remember you smiling and waving goodbye
I didn't say a thing, I just stood back and sighed
Now, I try to recall just what happened then

You had the look in your eye that said, "Take me"
You had a smile on your face that said, "Now"
You reached out to my soul
You had me under control
And all that I could say was "Show me how"
Oh, Lady
Where are you now?

Oh, Lady
Where are you now?
Oh, Lady
Where are you now?

Lady (Where Are You Now?)

You And I Look Forward To The Day

Nothing Quite Like A Sailor Just Home From The Sea

Great Expectations

I'd Rather Be With You

"She's Out To Win"

I heard her saying
She's tired of playing
And losing at love all the time
Like all of the rest
She give it her best
And it's laying heavy on her mind
She's looking for forever
But all she gets are one night stands
And she'd trade everything
For one good man

She's out to win, I know
Her friends all tell me so
She's out to win tonight
She needs a man that will treat her right
But the problem is
She don't know where to begin
She's after him
She's out to win

There'd be no debating
There'd be no hesitating
I wouldn't be like the rest
But the girl is my friend
And she's afraid that would end
If she put my love to the test
So she chases after shadows
That disappear at the break of day
And she turns her back
On the one man that will stay

She's out to win, I know
Her friends all tell me so
She's out to win tonight
She needs a man to treat her right
But the problem is
She don't know where to begin
She's after him
She's out to win

She's heard all the one liners
From all the old timers
She's met in her futile quest
But they can't give forever
And she deserves better
The girl should be with the best
She's ready to stop believing
That she'd ever find him at all
But I'd give her everything
If she'd hear my call

She's out to win, I know
Her friends all told me so
She's out to win tonight
She needs a man to treat her right
But the problem is
She don't know where to begin
She's after him
She's out to win

If I could open her eyes
And make her see
That the man she's looking for
Is me
She'd never search again
She'd finally win

She's out to win, I know
Her friends all told me so
She's out to win tonight
She wants a man to treat her right
But the problem is
She don't know where to begin (begin)
She's after him
She's out to win
She's after him
She's out to win

She's after him
She's out to win

She's Out To Win

Forever In Your Arms

"Going Home With Honey On My Mind"

Last train whistle blowing
Heading south tonight
I'm here at the station
With my backpack, traveling light
Taking off to where the sun will shine
Going home with Honey on my mind

Been away so long now
Seems like a hundred years
I've been around this country
And I've cried my share of tears
Tonight you'll find me on the southern line
Going home with Honey on my mind

Well, there's a stop in Carolina
There's a stop in Georgia
But don't worry 'bout me baby
'Cause my destination's you

The train pulls in the station
I'm running for the door
I barely reach the platform
When I'm in your arms once more
There's nothing like it in this world you'll find
Going home with Honey on my mind
Going home with Honey on my mind
Going home with Honey on my mind
Going home with Honey on my mind

Going Home With Honey On My Mind

Same Old Life

The Lovin's Just Begun

Making Love Through The US Mail

Push Me To My Limit

You might hear something resembling Strawberry Fields here, but not too closely.

Log Sat

If you don't hear the ghost of Great Balls of Fire here, you're just not listening.

I Should Be Fired

A little influence of theme from Beverly Hillbillys.  The jam is all mine!

Brown's Song / Lube Oil Jam

Forty Hour Day

Can't you just hear Mr. Seger singing this version?

I'm A Rock

Imagine Johnny Cash doing this version of his classic Folsom Prison Blues with a nautical theme.

Meltdown Rover

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There's No Place Like A Heart

21 AUG 86

Californ-i-a

Change

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I Gotta Do What's Right

Hello!  Welcome to my musical world.
Not looking for fame and fortune, just sharing a few things I've written over the years.  If you like something, please feel free to say so!  Oh yeah, almost all of them can be downloaded, so take what you like for your collection.

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Dreamer of dreams,
Writer of songs

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