The part I find hardest about writing a book is settling on a title I really like.
Most times they never seem quite right for me. Other times I want to say like it really is - just like they do in those country and western songs.
C&W songwriters come up with the best titles, don’t they?
Here’s my top 25:
1. I Hate Every Bone in Your Body Except Mine (Jimmy Velvit)
2. I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim’s Gettin’ Better (The Cordwood Draggers)
3. I Went Back to My Fourth Wife for the Third Time and Gave Her a Second Chance to Make a First Class Fool Out of Me (Reverend Bill C Wirtz)
4. She Got the Ring and I Got the Finger. (The Ridge Riders)
5. There Ain’t Enough Whiskey in Tennessee to Drink the Ugly Offa You (Yankee Jack)
6. I Been Roped and Thrown by Jesus in the Holy Ghost Corral (the inimitable Bobby Bare)
7. Did I Shave My Legs for This? (Deana Carter)
8. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don’t Love Jesus (Jimmy Buffet)
9. You Can’t Have Your Kate and Edith Too (The Statler Brothers)
10. [For all you RWA writers: ]You Done Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat (John Denver)
11. Welcome to Dumpsville, Population You (Ace Troubleshooter)
12. If I Had Shot the Bitch When I Met her, I’d Be Out By Now (Jimmy Velvit)
13. If I Had To Do It All Over Again Honey, I’d Do It All Over You (Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks)
14. It’s Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night that Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long (Cherry Bombs)
15. Walk Out Backwards Slowly So I’ll Think You’re Walking In (Bill Anderson)
16. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend and I Sure Do Miss Him (Phil Earhart)
17. Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed (Kinky Friedman)
18. I’ve Got Tears in My Ears From Lying on My Back in Bed While I Cry Over You (Homer & Jethro - genius!)
19. [one for Stephen King] Her Eyes Say Yes but the Restraining Order Says No (Hit the Lights)
20. I’m at Home Getting Hammered (While She’s Out Getting Nailed) (Banjo & Sullivan)
21. Get off the table, Mabel, the $2 is for the Beer (Bull Moose Jackson)
22. I Went to Bed at 2 with a 10 and Woke Up at 10 with a 2 (Willie Nelson)
23. I’m Messed Up in Mexico, Livin’ on Refried Dreams (Tim McGraw)
24. If My Nose Was Running Money, I’d Blow It All Over You (Mike Snider)
25. I’ve Been Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart. (Johnny Cash)
I hope you find some inspiration there.
And here’s a great country and western song about country and western songs - I found this on Rhonda Hopkin’s Facebook page. Thanks Rhonda!
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Thanks for the laugh!