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well thank you sincerely for the compliments Don (and Old Doll of course).... First time that many lines came to me in one sitting so i hate to just throw them away lol
The more I look at it the less I want to change it TOO much. (no offense 'song doctor' but i think the tunes in our heads are slightly differnt cuz the timings working alright for me when i take out a few words here and there...) What I think I'm gonna do is keep all the ones that came 'naturally' and just edit out the 'filler ins'...
and it got stuck in my head too, yesterday i was singing it all day. Very nice compliment though, im sure im flattered.
I can't share the true identity of the person..(its a long and complicated story)... at this time. I'd like this song to be able to mean different things to different people so I'm leaving that blank unfilled for now.

oh ok cool thanks yall

Ah yes went and worked out kind of a chord base for this song,
Its a littel crazy which is why the words don't seem to work out quite right but they actually do fit in there.... Its got kind of a willie nelsonish type rhythym going where you hold on to the chord for a few seconds before singing the next line in a place or two. Another thing is when you're singing there's certain words you hold onto too.... Lets see heres an example (Im gonna write it in G but im not really sure what key i want to put it in yet)

VERSE

G
Well it aint right (this word is longer),
                                        C
This hell that you put me through(hold)
      D
Ive lost my mind trying to figger
                        G
What I oughta do(hold)
      C
I'm tired of you're talking

And I'm bout done walking
             G
back to you(hold)
                                                        D      (now hang onto this one a minute)
While you're busy throwin on more fuel
                                                                                      G
To this hell(hold on just a little while) that you put me through

CHORUS:

         C
Yeah I'm done pretendin'(hold)
                                G         (now hold onto this but not as long as you did the D)
That I can't see the flames(hold)
          D
Don't  think you can fool me
                                                       G       (hold on just a sec right here)
Cuz you've already made it pretty plain
        C
That I(hold a bit)  aint worth tryin'
                                             G
To be(hold a bit) around to you(hold)
             D
And it's just about killed me
                                                                 G
This hell(little bit longer) that you put me through

I guess thats kind of confusing lol But anyway you're probly right about needing to size em down a little bit. Its still a pretty unfinished piece of work. Im working out the tune though so it'll be dressed up before too long

Hit the nail on the head with that one arkady.... nice song.

lol see you made sure the capo thing didn't come up with this one.
  All in all a very nice song rooster, the only part im stuck on is the B to A to G.... maybe its just me but the g doesn't seem to fit (or maybe its the B?)
But now on to all the positives
  Really like the intro chords and the E minors going out. I also like the chord progressions all through the verses. I like the fact you took time to make the intros and outro instrumentals different than the rest of the song..... so yeah you did good.

Well having been a 14 year old girl not too long ago i can say this from experience.... becoming a teenage girl sucks. Really bad (don't get me wrong i've had a lot of fun) but we're not used to dealing with hormones yet and we've just had a boatload dumped on us.
Don't know about her but i never was in a good mood unless there was some good music on or my best friend was around....  im afraid there is no cure lol

hi there john
Ive been playing about four years now, and i think ive come a long way. I remember when i first started i felt more comfortable without a pick also (course i was playing mostly country and gospel so i could just bounce along without any trouble). There's absolutely nothing wrong with that (I know a guy who never uses a pick and he really is a good player), but there ARE a lot of neat tricks and sounds you won't be able to make with your thumb alone.
Strumming rhythym is probly the hardest thing to master when you're learning how to play, and the only way to ever really get a hold of it is to PLAY PLAY PLAY. Keep practicing with AND without a pick, it'll come to  you eventually trust me.

yeah i like to go to goodwill and dig through the old records. Picked up a merle haggard and the  'shotgun willie' album for 98 cents a piece.
Best place to look is junk and missions stores. Antique places will charge you more than thier worth (Usually) but sometimes you'll find a rare album.

James for this I salute you.....
I wrote a comment in Old Doll's 'country/western' thread about this. I won't take all day on here but i have to say that the 'country life' aint what you see on T.V., its just good clean simple livin'. To me the country life is the good life, even if it is kind of slow.
And by the way if you're an average joe workin' for you're living and just living the best you can then you can take it from a certified Seedtick hick that you've got it down pat.
"Now what most folks call a redneck aint nuthin but a workin' man, and he makes his bread by the sweat of his neck and the callouses on his hands"- CHarlie Daniels

zurf,
those guys are pretty impressive dude. Wish there was a way to hear a whole song.... hard to beleive theres someone left who can play like that
guess they aint got em all yet as ol waylon would say.

But how long does someone have to be around until they are not considered 'new' ?

What about Lyle Lovett, I've heard him categorized as 'Texas Swing'  (Is that a sub-category of country?)-----

Usually you are caonsidered 'classic country' when you've been around 15-20 years. An artists ceases to be "new" when he has survived the fickle world of nashville long enough to realease a greatest hits record.

In answer to your second question yes texas swing is a sub-category of country music. COuntry is really a very broad style because it can include anything from texas swing to country rock to Ray Charles lol (yes he is recognized by the country music people and a contributor to the genre).
Texas swing is a combination of traditional honky tonkish country music and big band and swing. Bob Wills and the Texas Troubadours can be thanked for making it famous.

   And yes you are right, it IS the quality of the music not when it was recorded. To me thats one of the best things about country music,you can line my family up from age 11 to 80 (and im talking every pit stop in between), turn on the radio and there won't be one person who doesn't know the words, be it an old hank or ernest tubb song, or somebody like Montgomery Gentry or gretchen wilson. Unlike a lot of popular music styles (not knocking em just saying) the next generation doesn't snub and/or forget the past generation.

yeah my dad uses it alot when we have a lot of different instruments playing together. He leads from piano and holds up his fingers so we all know which chord to play. Don't know how he manages to play all the parts and hold his fingers up too but he pulls it off really well....
Its especially good for people just learning to play cuz they can follow along pretty easily even if they don't know the song. Maybe I'll use it the next time I post a song on here...