Some of the honkytonks I have played there is always a lady in the establishment that is down in the dumps just needing a friend to talk to.

Describes where I was born near the swamps and everglades

In my travels over the years, I kept seeing the sign "Cemetery Road" everywhere. Since it is so ubiquitous, I felt there must be a universal message in there somewhere. One Cemetery Road sign in particular on Hwy 287 from Amarillo to Dallas, there was a plowed field running alongside a little dirt road to a big grove of trees where the cemetery is located. I visualized a farmer out there on his tractor watching the funeral processions come and go and his reflections on life and death. I got stuck with the song for a while, then when playing a gig for the Army's 121st Aviation Company (Soc Trang Tigers) reunion one year, I wrote the middle verse in honor of the lives disrupted by the war.

you're in for as long as it takes

I know where my blessings come from even the air that keeps me alive. This is my tribute the King of Kings and Lord of Lords my Savior Jesus Christ.

Often times when country music artist are touring there is plenty of temptation on the road. In old days we called them groupies. When you find the right one though the opportunity is there you know better.

Often times when country music artist are touring there is plenty of temptation on the road. In old days we called them groupies. When you find the right one though the opportunity is there you know better.

With so many divorce's in todays society I wrote one to state it doesn't have to turn out that way/

The man is torn between the one at home and another girl he used to know but he is wise enough to know it can never actually be so he can only love her safely tucked away in his mind in his dreams