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Written by Mike Allen
Recorded in 2017, from the project “Why, Why, Why”

A humorous poke at traditional country music topics.

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    9/11 Song
    Aloneness
    Bad love
    Bad luck
    Beer
    Charleston 9
    Christmas
    Committed men
    Confession
    Confusion
    Couples humor
    Dad
    Dread
    Drinkin'
    Emotions
    Encouragement
    Engagement
    Faded Love
    Failed marriage
    Fear
    Friends
    Fun
    Historic Charleston lighthouse
    Honey-do Humor
    Hopetown
    Humor
    Immature Prayer life
    Latin flavor
    Livin-in-the Past
    Lockdown Humor
    Love
    Low-Country
    Male humor
    Midwinter Blues
    MLK
    Narcissistic Momma's Boy
    Nashville Bound
    Paranoia
    Patriotic
    Party
    Party Gals
    Real Love Wins
    Rebel
    Regrets
    Revelation
    Second guessing
    Seeking
    Summer
    Teen tragedy
    Trials of love
    Welcome Home from War
    Wounded warrior
    Young couple in love on a tight budget

    STYLE/GENRE

    Americana
    Ballad
    Beatles-style rocker
    Beer Drinkin’
    Bossa Nova
    Breezy
    Christmas
    Contemporary Christian
    Country-Rock

    Crowdpleaser
    Dance
    Dicky Betts’ Style
    Driving Rock
    Duet
    Encouraging
    Fun
    Groovy

    Hall ‘n Oats style
    Hank Jr style
    Happy
    Heartwarming
    Heroism
    Jazzy Rock

    Line Dance
    Love Ballad

    Mid-Tempo
    Patriotic
    Petty style soft rock
    Pop Country

    Pop Rock
    Powerful

    Praise & Worship
    Punk Country
    Rock ‘n roll
    Sacrifice
    Sad
    Slow
    Soft and Powerful
    Steely Dan style
    Story
    Substance
    Swampy

    Upbeat
    Up-tempo

    Songs by Subject

    9/11 Song

    Aloneness
    Bad luck
    Beer
    Charleston 9
    Christmas
    Committed men
    Confession
    Confusion
    Couples humor
    Dad
    Dread
    Drinkin’
    Emotions
    Encouragement
    Engagement
    Faded Love
    Failed marriage
    Fear
    Friends
    Fun
    Historic Charleston lighthouse
    Honey-do Humor

    Hope
    Hopetown
    Humor

    Greatest Generation
    Immature Prayer life
    Latin flavor
    Livin-in-the Past
    Lockdown Humor

    Loss of Loved One
    Love
    Low-Country
    Male humor
    Midwinter Blues
    MLK
    Narcissistic Momma’s Boy
    Nashville Bound

    New Bride

    Noth’n Hotter

    One Way

    Paranoia
    Patriotic
    Party
    Party Gals
    Real Love Wins
    Rebel
    Regrets
    Revelation
    Second guessing
    Seeking
    Summer

    Sorrow

    Teen tragedy
    Trials of love
    Welcome Home from War
    Wounded warrior
    Young couple on a tight budget

    TITLE

    SYNOPSIS

    STYLE/GENRE

    NOTES

    CARDBOARD CASTLE

    People aren’t always who they seem

    Ballad, Americana,Heartwarming

    CITIZEN SOLDIER

    True “Greatest Generation” ballad of the “Lost Battalion”

    Americana, Swampy, Sacrifice & Heroism

    CHARLESTON 9

    True story ballad about a deadly fire in 2007

    Ballad, Story, Heroism

    DIME AND A DOLLAR IN TENNESSEE

    Headin’ to Nashville to try my luck

    Fun Dance song, Humor

    Written for a musical play

    EFFORTLESSLY COOL

    James Bond type dude

    Carribean, Bosa

    DON'T ASK DON'T TELL MOTEL

    Party Gals

    Country Funk

    DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE FUTURE

    Emotions, Fear, Dread

    Groovy, Steely Dan feel, Encouraging

    EVER US

    Puppy Love matures and lasts

    Love ballad, Slow, Duet

    By request for a movie score, & commercials for national jewelry chain.

    EYES FOR YOU ALONE

    Latin flavored love song Love at first sight

    Bosa, Latin

    GOOD FRIENDS 'N GEETARS

    Friends, Music, Beer, Fun in the low-country

    Americana, Country-Rock

    GOT’TA GET MY SUMMER ON

    Midwinter longing for summer song, Hopetown

    Groovy Breezy Steely Dan vibe

    Reference to Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas

    GUESS WHO MOVED

    Rockin' Revelation

    Contemporary Christian Rock

    He Showed Me The Way

    “Dad” song.

    Petty style soft rock

    Hopefully Soon

    A “honey-do” list, couples humor

    Americana, humor

    How Can I Know For Sure

    Engagement butterflies, second guessing

    love ballad, slow

    Iceberg

    Dread, fear, paranoia

    Punk Country

    I Chose Not Today

    Confession

    Contemporary Christian

    I Don’t Feel At Home In My Heart

    Aloneness, confusion, seeking song

    Substance, pop country

    I Might Not Be Much (But I'm All I Think About)

    Narcissistic Momma’s boy

    Rock n roll, Americana, uptempo

    Great for video

    I Miss My Country

    Lockdown ballad

    Americana, pop country

    I’m The One Who's Gone

    Teen tragedy song

    Ballad, sad

    MADD

    Jump Back In

    String of bad luck encouragement

    Tom Petty Dylan Americana upbeat

    Kiss My Grits

    Rebel song

    Swampy, Hank Jr style

    Let Me Shine

    Aging, grandmother, historic Charleston lighthouse

    Ballad, story

    Composed by request. Professional video. Save The Light Fdn, US Lighthouse Society

    Life Is For Livin' (Callin’ All Bubbas)

    Rebel song, party, drinkin.

    Beer hall waltz Hank Jr style

    Love Bein' Loved By You

    A love song. College football, mom 'n dad

    Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Americana

    Love Is Still The Best Thing Around

    A “trials of love” song

    Country rock

    Maker Of A Man

    Dad raising a son song

    Ballad, soft and powerful

    Male Menopause

    Male humor

    Americana

    Manger of My Heart

    Birth of Jesus from the Innkeepers eyes

    Christmas

    Christmas Song

    Money To Burn

    Young couple in love on a tight budget

    Swampy, fun, encouraging, happy

    No Second Chances

    Regrets song. Failed marriage, bad dad

    Sad, slow, powerfu

    NOTH'N HOTTER THAN A GAL WHO CAN PLAY GUITAR

    “Noth’n Hotter. . .”

    Rocker, Dance, Humor, Fun

    Phantom Pain

    A wounded warrior song related to traumatic limb loss

    Jazzy rock Steely Dan style.

    Poverty Sucks

    Finding a way out of the poverty cycle, humor

    Groovy Beatles-style rocker

    Promise Keeper

    Committed men song

    Christian Rock n roll

    She Really Got The Best Of Me

    Bad love then awesome love

    Petty style Americana

    She Said Yes

    Engagement announcement

    Groovy, happy, encouraging, hopeful

    Could become an engagement standard

    So Be It

    Do anything you set your mind to do.

    Kenny Loggins style poprock. Dance tune

    Kick ass concert finale song, Crowdpleaser

    Should'a, Would'a, Could'a

    “livin-in-the-past” song

    Pop country, strong chorus, kick butt bridge

    Stop Drop 'n Roll

    Momma preachin at Junior to straighten himself out

    Dance song. Sock hop or line dance. Fun

    Crowdpleaser

    Strength and Honor

    Patriotic. Pro first responders, health care professionals, military. Inspired by Gladiator

    Driving menacing resolute rock

    Honors military and first responders

    Stubborn In The Name Of Love

    Stubborn song, agree to disagree

    Hall n Oates style, jazzy, sax

    The Army Of The Lord

    Based on biblical descritions and a call to arms

    Menacing, driving, resolute Contemporary Christian

    The Only Solution

    There's just one way

    Contemporary Christian. Driving rock w an upbeat chorus

    There Goes My Imagination

    New bride can’t bear to be separated from Momma. Young married couple humor

    Americana, uptempo, country rock

    THEY DARED TO DREAM (Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Co and JAVA.)

    About the Greatest Generation and also inspired by/applicable to MLK

    Ballad, powerful, stirring

    Sheet music published by Hal Leonard Pub Co

    They Don’t Sell Beer At The Gym

    Lockdown humor

    Americana, humor

    Things Are Goin’ Way Too Good (For Me to Write a Country Song)

    Humorous poke at traditional country music topics

    Country-rock, swampy

    UNITED THROUGH IT ALL (Published by JAVA and Lifeway, sheet music copyright)

    9/11 song written on 9/11/01

    Ballad, sad then strong, resolute, features 6 bars of “America The Beautiful” in the turn

    Worldwide airplay over United Armed Services Radio, centerpiece of hundreds of military band performances. Selected by President George W Bush as the lead-in song at Pentagon re-opening ceremony speech.

    Watch What You Pray For (You’re Liable To Get It)

    Humorous look at immature prayer life

    Country rock, Dickey Betts style

    We Can Do It America

    Pro-America rah rah

    Americana, upbeat, encouraging

    What If

    Married the wrong gal song. “Real love always wins”.

    Americana, mod-tempo, sensitive ballad

    Written by request for a movie score

    Welcome Home

    A delayed flight waiting for “vips” who turn out to be soldiers returning from the desert. Surprise ending.

    Patriotic, pro-soldier, Americana, story ballad

    Mention of Delta Airlines 757

    Where Do We Go From Here

    “Faded love” song

    Slow, strong chorus

    Why, Why, Why

    Dude who can’t stay married or single

    Dance hall rock, moderate tempo

    Yemassee

    Traffic stop ending up in smalltown SC jail early on a summer Saturday evening

    Swampy with Petty grove. Humorous “Low Country” story with kicked up ending

    Fun, Funny

    You’re The Way

    Praise and worship

    Contemporary Christian

    Big Live worship song