My Song List
All Originals [click "Listen to Music" to hear my homegrown (except for two) demos]
Ain’t That Enough Tomorrows for Today?
All of a Sudden I’m 50
Altarboy Mojo
Aren’t You Even Gonna Lie?
Back to Haunt Me
Boys Without Dates
Cedar Fire
Cyberlimbo
Darrow’s Courthouse Pub
Don't Flirt With the Married Guy
Doin’ Life On The Installment Plan
Dominoes
Dreams from My Father
Ego The Size Of Mexico
Every Man Has Only One Revolution in His Heart
Everybody Lies on Their Resume
Ferry to Coronado
Five Small Towns
Fourth and Two
Full Night’s Sleep
High-Priced Attorney
How Can Everyone Know the Truth (and Still Disagree)?
How Many Bites Do You Get? Listen to Music
I Didn’t Choose You
I Had a Dream About You
I Looked At You
I Meant it Every Time
I See the Signal
I Want to Talk to You
I’d Have Stayed
I'd Love to Hear My Own Advice
I’d Rather Be Numb
I’d Rather Have Your Sister
If I Could Be Like Bob Duvall Listen to Music
If I Had A Dime
If You Die in Iowa
If You Need a Reason to Miss Me
If You Think I’m Losing My Love For You
I'm Gonna Run Listen to Music
In Every Little Town
In My Blind Eye
Inside Man
Inside Out
Into the Dunk Tank
Irish Boys
It All Points to You
It Meant A Whole Lot More To Me
It Will Never Be Simple Again
Just Drive
Just Let Me Play
Keep Your Eyes on the Floor
Last Airport Home
Last Fall Tour
Lillian Asplund
Linda
Living Through a Datemare
Melting In The Sun
Michael’s Song
Montreal
Morning Too Soon
Mother Blues, Don’t You Love Your Son? Listen to Music
My Fall Back Life
My Song About Why I Don’t Do Christmas Songs
No Hair
No Safe Love
Not Young and Thin No More
Nun-ja Warriors Listen to Music
One Day I'll Sing this Song to You
One Man's Heaven
One September Weekend
One-Sided Promises Listen to Music
Over The Clouds
Porque, Hermana?
Rebound Thing
Reunion
Ringing All the Time Listen to Music
Riverview
Russian Roulette
San Diego Listen to Music
Separate Ways
Seven of My Closet Friends
She's Still Walkin'
Smokey Listen to Music
Still the Matter of My Dreams
Thank God For Caller I.D.
The Best Part of the Dream
The Better of the Two of Us
The Cop Shop Now
The D.E.A.
The Loneliest Night of My Life
The Mayor of DeSoto
The Other Side of Your Heart (NOTE: It may appear that there are several seconds of dead air at the beginning of the following recording. Actually, this was my demo of the song, recorded in Spring, 1978 at Kajac Studio in Carlisle, Iowa. If you listen very closely at high volume, you may hear the voice of the late producer Lenny Shaw introducing the song. "The Other Side of Your Heart" was ultimately recorded on a 45 by Lisa Gossett of Urbandale, and received some radio play in Florida and other places.) Listen to Music
The People Down the Hall
The Reason for Your Spite
The Sandbag Line
The Shallow End of My Memory
The Story of My Life
The Young Spanish Prince Listen to Music
These Demons
This Horrible Sense of Never
Threadbare Peace
Three Thousand Houses in Three Hundred Days
Under the Bridge
Up for Grabs
What Another Man Has Listen to Music
When Baby Lester Turns 40 Listen to Music
When the Water Runs Out on the Island
When You Come Back Again
When You Reach Out Your Hand
When Your 48 Hours Have Flown
Where'd You Get That Scar?
You're in the Driver's Seat
plus about four songs it’s better not mentioning by name!!
NOTE: These are the tunes you'll hear in my performances. If you want to record or perform a John Burns original, there are thousands and thousands more.
Click on poster to enlarge.
Des Moines music
