1. They Might Be Giants

2.Johnny Cash

3.Styx

4.Jonathan Coulton

5.Charlie Daniels Band

6.Nickel Creek

7.Sara Watkins

8.The Eagles

9.Foreigner

10.Barenaked Ladies

What’s wrong with the world today

To say “I love you” you gotta pay

For things she don’t need

Love’s leaving at a faster speed

Chours: What ever happened to the words “I love you”

What ever happened to always being true

What ever happened to a warm conversation

Over a hot cup of tea

Love should be free

(end of chorus)

Love never stops moving around 

How many times must a man fall down

Before he falls in love

Chorus

You were once everything to me

Now I can look, but I don’t see

Why I saw you

What made me blue

Chours: You have become the invisible girl

You took me for a whirl

but you were never my girl

you were never my girl

(end of chorus)

Once I saw you

look away

it looked like a sunny day

Once I saw you

look away

it’s a stormy day

Chorus

Once I believed I fell in love

and you came from above

Chorus

Once you see her

look away

Leave before you pay

Leave before you pay

I say i love you time goes by

I waited for your reply

You take a brick

give it a flick

I not confused by the ways of you

I know you mean you love me too

Take the brick toss it again

You’ll always be my sweetest friend

I saw the way the cop looked at me

I must be a sight to see

He’s upset I can tell

when he locks you in that cell

Take the brick toss it again

You’ll always be my sweetest friend. 

lyrics by Michael J. Ruhland We’re still miles from nashville looking into the California sun We’re still miles from nashville but we hope to be there when the day is done We’re still miles from nashville It’s so hard to believe We’re still miles from nashville but we can make it you and me we came here to country-rock the world and to sing about how he lost the girl Guitar strapped around my back praying nashville will find our act oh yes miles from nashville oh yes We’re still miles from nashville looking into the California sun We’re still miles from nashville but we hope to be there when the day is done oh yes We’re still miles from nashville it’s so hard to believe We’re still miles from nashville but we can make it you and me oh yes

He kisses Anita as he walks out the door

He knows he may never see her anymore

She wishes he would settle down

Yet he heads toward another town

His eyes are wide

His heart is tore

He must always be El Matador

The hellish growl behind the gate

Blood-hungry eyes can not wait

They will cheer as the bull hits the floor

The victor is El Matador

Here is one of my oldest writings, but I still feel like sharing it with you, because it is one of my all-time favorites that I wrote:

let the music play

let the trees sway

anyway you want them to

Conducter of the wind

Years have passed by

but I’m not much older

I can’t hold her

the way I used to do

Now all I have is you 

Conducter of the wind

Take this old life away

from me

For I can no longer be what I was.

Conducter of the wind

Let my life fade away

and let my new life begin

Conducter of the wind   

lyrics by Michael J. Ruhland

We have seen heaven.

We have seen hell.

We have felt things

no lips could ever tell.

All the tears I can recall

as they wrote your name on the wall

I’m still there in my mind.

There must be another place in time.

To god my head starts to bow,

because only he can help me now.

Too many good men I’ve seen fall.

Too many names upon the wall.