In this song, I’ve taken three real, though disparate situations and weaved them together to underscore the often inexplicable, serendipitous nature of life. Some see a hidden hand in some such occurrences, using such plain words as more »
Category: About my songs
about the songs written by Thomas Oliver
Slow Trains,
South-Bound Women (a demo)
“Slow Trains, South-Bound Women” says it all in the title. In the tradition of the blues, “Slow Trains” is a first-person lament over the loss of a lover. She done gone. The melody, too, is strictly old-time blues, with its more »
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of “The Edge of America”
If you don’t have The Edge of America, it’s because you just don’t want it — cause it’s free. Just download it to your right (or below, if you are on a phone). And enjoy. And let me hear form more »
The stories behind the songs:
#10 Last Child
If you’ve been following this series, you’ll remember that I mentioned that the great country songwriter Harland Howard was renown for having to have a title before writing a song. The title to “Last Child” came from my bookshelf. Literally, more »
The stories behind the songs:
#9 The Message
The Message I didn’t need to listen to the rest of the message when you said you were sorry before you said why it wasn’t that I didn’t see it coming it’s just that I don’t know what to do more »
A New Star
The Star of Bethlehem has always fascinated astronomers. It is suggested, of course, that the three wise men, the Magi, were in fact astronomers, or more likely astrologers. Every so often there is some scientific paper purporting to explain the more »