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Music by Bob Winter

ORIGINAL SONGS
Old Blue Jeans
A Salute to What's Natural and Unpretentious
What's In It for Me?
Setting a Certain Type of Wife or Girlfriend Straight
Life Will Smile on You Again
For Anyone Going Through a Rough Patch
Can Ya Feel It?
Boy Meets Girl on a Magical Evening
Someone
A Lost Love with Mysteries
Your Seat at the Table
A Lost Love
Sharin' the Load
A Celebration of Teamwork
I'm Someone
A Protest in an Age of Gigantism
Keep That Tail Waggin'
Tribute to a Golden Retriever
Never Get Over You
Sometimes It's Not Over for Everyone
Co-written with Gail Wasserman & Brett Watchorn
Just Rich, Just Poor
A Song to Make the One Percent Nervous
Lyrics by Gail Wasserman
Amelie
To a Delightfully Otherwordly Free Spirit
Based on a Guitar Piece by Kevin McCarthy
Low-Speed Lurch
A Commuter's Anthem
Don't Let It Go
Trying to Avoid a Breakup
Not Done Loving You
To Enduring Relationships
Co-Written with J.E. Melton & Roger Burgraff
Doin' What Ya Do
A Song to Get the Ladies Up Dancing
 
Small-Time Big Shot
 An Aspiration Adjustment for Today's World
Stay Away
A Difficult Decision When a Former Love Calls
Sunset to Sunrise
The Power of Forgiveness...and Moving Forward
Lyrics by Gail Wasserman
One More Stride
A "Take Heart" Song for Social Justice
Can't Unlove You
Not Like Just Flipping a Switch
 
My Tribe
The Spirit of Our Times (Unfortunately)
The Old Weathered Barn
The Importance of Roots
I'll Be There With You
Cheerfully in Your Corner During the Inevitable Bad Days
Your Lovin'
A Tribute to What Really Matters
 
Picture Perfect
An Affirmation of Love that Endures
 
Bars on the Windows
An Affluent Abused Wife Starts Her New Life in a Rough Neighborhood
Co-written with Gail Wasserman;  Artist: Felicia Johnson
Turned to Stone
A Betrayed Heart's Reaction
I Feel Like Feelin' Lonely
Loneliness Can Be a Better Option than Some Partners
Co-Written with J.E. Melton
Love Me Some Lovin'
Slow and Smoky
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
Tell Me Why
An Unexpected and Unexplained Announcement
Lyrics by Gail Wasserman
Mama Got Wings
On the Loss of a Loved One
The Lonely Ford
Just Me and the Ford (Without You)
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
I Need Your Lovin' Tonight
Basic Blues-Inflected Hardscrabble Kick-Ass Country Danceable Love Song
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
With My Own Two Hands
A Christmas Dollhouse...And a Damaged Family's Resilience
That Won't Do
Redneck Rap Meets Rex Harrison (with a Touch of Santana)
Charlottesville
An Alum Takes Recent Events There Personally
Choose Your Time
A Life Lesson from Uncle Willie
Fine Kinda Lovin'
Breezy and Happy
Co-written with J.E. Melton
Oceans of Love
Being on Different Continents Won't Keep These Lovers Apart Forever
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
It's Been Real
On an Unexpectedly Casual End to a Relationship
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
Kimberly
AKA "The Stalker's Tango" (Not for the Easily Creeped Out)
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
Gotta Let it Go
Sometimes Dreams Have to Be Abandoned
Ain't Coming Home to You
A World Traveler Sends His Regrets
Co-Written with J.E. Melton
Yawanna
Music for a Rockabilly Rave
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
Erlembaldo
Tribute to an 11th-Century Hero Who Has Things to Teach Us Today 
I'm Glad It Was
Not All Memorable Connections Grow into Long-Term Relationships
A Fresh Day
Feeling Happy Just 'Cuz
Where Can I Find You?
Dedicated to the One That Got Away (At Least for Now)
The Liar
Musical Rendition of a Metaphysical Poem
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
Rock Me a Little Christmas
Christmas Cheer is Where You Make It (Even Behind Bars)
Lyrics by J.E. Melton
A Lean Christmas
A Story About My Dad
Let's Give Ourselves a Happy New Year
An Anti-Polarization Wish
Cover Songs

Songs Currently in Progress
various levels of completion
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