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My wife and I often discuss songs I include in my set list and I frequently get you cant do that its not folk or its not blues or its not country .I find it difficult to pidgeon hole songs as I do thing many cross over the established boundarys .For example dead flowers by the rolling stones is it a country song several cw artists have covered it  or is it a blues song ,it doesnt follow traditional blues patterns but the lyrical content  ticks the box.In contrast Neil Youngs Cortez is it folk rock or is it cw.
I'm playing a 30 min set next week at CW club and this is my set list

Falling and flying
Sleepy vampire
Tulsa time
Dead flowers
L&N dont stop here
Cortez
All coments and views welcome

This is an experimental song ,my  wife  said some of my songs had too many  rhymes  so I  came  up  with  this ........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0DcZ1pj7w

Nothing rhymes
by
Graham Windle © all rights reserved 18/02/2015

Am
I’ve written a song
               G
But the words don’t rhyme
D
Maybe you like it
Am
Maybe you don’t
Am
It might have a chorus
     G
It might have a hook
      D                         Am
It could be a song that you all want to sing
      C
For sure there’s a method
  G         
When you write the word
  Am
I'm changing the structure
    G
To just buck the trend
Am
This is the last line, this is the finish
   D
I hope that you liked it
                      Am
Enough to applaud
   

Am
The chords are all messed up
      G
The progression is wrong
       D
But who makes the rules
  Am
To say what is right
      Am                           G
Maybe I just hear things different from you
        D                                        Am
But every ones opinion is just as valid
  C
For sure there’s a method
           G
When you write the word
  Am
I'm changing the structure
    G
To just buck the trend
Am
This is the last line, this is the finish
   D
I hope that you liked it
                      Am
Enough to applaud

I'm not  sure  if  this   is  allowed  so  if it  isn't  please  remove  this  post .But  I  found  out   that  one  of the  guys  at  the  Lancaster  Blues  club   has  written a  book on early  blues history  ,The  book  is  called  Railroadin Some   by  Max  Haymes  Its  full  of  interesting stuff including  lyrics and illustrations .
Like I  say  if this  is  a transgression of the  rules   then I  apologise  but  its  worth a  read  if  you  can find  a  copy .

I wrote this song today hope  you  like  it .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5IQwWNoYis

There's a good song in there somewhere
By Graham Windle ©all rights reserved 10/02/2015

   E                                       A
As I'm getting older ,and my mind is getting slow,
   B                                           A                            E                 
sometimes it gets harder just to make it through the show.
   E
I take the stage, I strike a chord,
    A
a wave of applause is heard.
     B
There's a good song in there somewhere,
      A                  E
if I only knew the words. 
     E                                            A     
The second song goes better, the people start to warm,
     B                                      A                     E
I trip over the mic stand, and nearly break my arm.

We laugh it off, and shout out loud,
     A

“Its all part of the show”
    B

The audience think that its a stunt,
      A                      E
and no one needs to know.
      A                                                E
And now the show is ended, and the  songs have all been played.
     B
The encore is all over.
A                                 E
And the  audience gone away
A

All the  gear is  packed up
E

My music has been heard.
        B
There's a good song in there somewhere,
   A                      E
If I only knew the words