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Shel Silverstein

25 Minutes To Go -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
A Boy Named Sue -- Made famous by Johnny Cash, 1969
Acapulco Goldie -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, "Belly Up", 1973
A Front Row Seat To Hear Old Johnny Sing -- 1971
All About You -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Ballad of Lucy Jordan -- Recorded by Dr. Hook, Marianne Faithful (1979), Lee Hazelwood, Johnny Darrel and Belinda Carlisle.
Beans Taste Fine -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Boa Constrictor -- The Serendipity Singers Sing of Love, Lies & Flying Festoons, 1965
Blue Eyes -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Bottomless Well -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Bubblin' Up -- Dr Hook's "Bankrupt", 1975
Bury Me in My Shades -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
California C's -- Playboy, November, 1980
Carry Me, Carrie -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972 and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's Greatest Hits album
The Changin' of the Seasons -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Civil War Song -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
The Clam -- The Serendipity Singers Sing of Love, Lies & Flying Festoons, 1965, Playboy, December, 1966
A Couple More Years -- by Shel Silverstein & Dennis Locorriere.  From Dr. Hook's "A Little Bit More", 1976. (Said to be one of Shels' favorite songs.)
Cover of the Rolling Stone -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
Crouchin' On the Outside -- From "Drain My Brain", 1967 and "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973
Daddy, What If -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Dance To It -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Devil and Billy Markham, The -- Playboy, January 1979
The Diet -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978 and Playboy, October 1979
Dirty Feet -- Dirty Feet, A Collection of Songs by Shel Silverstein, 1968
Don't Give a Dose to the One You Love Most -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Drain My Brain -- From "Drain My Brain", 1967 and "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973.
Drinkin' and Druggin' and Watching TV -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
Drinkin' From the Bottle -- From Bobby Bare's "Drinkin' from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart" [1983] Columbia
Drop the Bomb -- Playboy, December 1965
Drunk and Crazy -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
Ever-Lovin Machine -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965 and "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me -- Dr Hook's "Bankrupt", 1975
Father of a Boy Named Sue, The -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978
Floobie Doobie Doo -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Folk Singer's Blues -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Food Blues -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball -- Title song, 1972
Get My Rocks Off -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
The Giving Tree -- "Singing In The Kitchen... Bobby Bare & Family sings songs mostly by Shel Silverstein", 1974
Go Back, Learn How to Use That Thing -- Copyright 1964, Hollis Music.
Goodnight, Little Houseplant -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978 (A special note from co-writer, Fred Koller)
Gotta Get Rid of this Band -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
Grizzly Bear -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Hamlet as Told on the Street -- Playboy, January 1998
Handy Man -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Have Another Espresso -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Hey, Lady Godiva -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, 1971
Hey, Nelly Nelly -- Copyright 1963 & 1964, Hollis Music. Recorded by Judy Collins, 70s.
The Hills of Shiloh -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Hoodoo Voodoo Lady -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
I Can't Touch the Sun -- Silverstein's "Drain My Brain", 1967, "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
I Call That True Love -- "Doctor Hook", 1971
I Don't Know Which Way I'm Goin' -- Playboy, December, 1966
I Got Stoned & I Missed It -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball" & Playboy, January 1973
If I'd Only Come and Gone -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
If You Can't Do It -- Playboy, December, 1966
If That Ain't Love -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
I'm Checkin' Out -- "From "Postcards From the Edge"
I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965
I Never Got To Know Her -- From a recent Dr Hook Boxed Set released in UK.
It Does Not Pay To Be Hip -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Jaded -- Playboy, December, 1966
Jennifer Johnson and Me -- from Bobby Bare's "Drinkin' from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart", 1975, by Fred Koller and Shel Silverstein
Judy -- From "Doctor Hook", Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Kiss It Away -- From "Doctor Hook", Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Last Mornin' -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
Lemme Be Somethin' -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965
Liberated Lady 1999 -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Life Ain't Easy -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
The Lion -- The Serendipity Singers Sing of Love, Lies and Flying Festoons, 1965
Little Green Buttons -- by Silverstein & Fred Koller
Living Legend -- from Bob Gibson's "Funky in the Country", 1974
Liz -- Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Lookin' For Pussy -- Previously unreleased on Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972. Bonus cut on later releases.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Makin It Natural -- "Doctor Hook", 1972
Mama, I'll sing One Song For You -- "Doctor Hook", 1972
Man Who Got No Sign -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972 & Playboy, January 1973
Marie Laveaux -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Masochistic Baby -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972.  Playboy, January 1973
The Mermaid -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965... Playboy, December, 1966... and "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Monterey Jack -- Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, "Belly Up", 1973
My Mind Keeps Movin' -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh, The -- Playboy, December, 1966
Numbers -- Bobby Bare's "Down and Dirty", 1980
On the Way to the Bottom -- Dr Hook's "Bankrupt", 1975
One's On the Way -- Recorded by Loretta Lynn, 1972
Paintin' Her Fingernails -- Playboy, 1970s
Paranoid -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978
Paul -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
The Peace Proposal -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Peanut-Butter Sandwich -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978
Penicillin Penny -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
The Perfect High -- Playboy, July, 1979
The Perfect Wave -- Playboy, January, 1973
Plastic -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965
Polly in a Porny -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Put Another Log on the Fire -- Recorded by Tompall Glaser, 1974
Quaaludes Again -- The Great Conch Train Robbery, 1980
Queen of the Silver Dollar -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972... as well as other artists
Rest Awhile -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Rings of Brass -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
Rock & Roll Hotel -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie -- Dr. Hook
Rosalie's Good Eats Café -- Playboy epic poem version, December, 1981
Rosalie's Good Eats Café -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Show It At the Beach -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", January 1978
Sing Me a Rainbow -- "Doctor Hook", 1972
The Slitheree-Dee -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
The Great Smoke Off -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", January 1978
Somebody Ate the Baby -- "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", 1978
Stacy Brown Got Two -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
Standing on the Outside of Your Shelter -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Stayin' Song -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972>
Still Gonna Die -- Bob Gibson's "Makin' A Mess", 1997, and Old Dogs' "Old Dogs", 1998.
Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Sweetest of All -- Recorded by Dr. Hook, "Pleasure and Pain", 1978
Sylvia's Mother -- From "Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, 1971
Tell 'Em at the A.S.P.C.A. -- Playboy, December 1965
The Man Who Turned the Damn Thing Off and On -- Bob Gibson, "Making a Mess of Commercial Success", 1995
Things I Didn't Say, The -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
Three-Legged Man -- Playboy Magazine, December, 1966.   Bobby Bare's "Drinkin' from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart", 1983.
Thumbsucker -- "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball", 1972
True Story -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Turn On the World -- Dr. Hook's "Sloppy Seconds", 1972
Ugliest Man in Town -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965
Uncle Don -- "Who Read Us the Sunday Funnies On the Radio", Playboy, March 1980
Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book -- Playboy 1961
Uncle Shelby's Kiddie Corner -- Playboy, January 1965
Uncle Shelby's Scout Handbook -- Playboy, June 1964
Unemployment Line -- Bobby Bare's "Hard Time Hungrys" 1975
The Unicorn -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Vanilla -- Recorded by Cybill Shepherd
Vegematic -- by Silverstein, Steve Goodman & Mike Smith
When She Cries -- From "Doctor Hook", Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, 1972
Who Been Scorin'? -- Playboy, December 1965
The Winner -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends & Lies", 1973 & Playboy, Dec.79
With His Mouth Full of Food
The Wonderful Soup Stone -- "Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies", 1973
Workin' It Out -- "Crouchin' on the Outside", 1973 and "Drain My Brain", 1967
The World's Last Truck Drivin' Man -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980. Co-written by Robb Goldstein.
Wreck of the Old '49 -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Yellow-Haired Woman -- Playboy, December 1965
Your Credit Card Won't Get You Into Heaven -- From Bobby Bare's "Drunk & Crazy", 1980.
You're Always Welcome at Our House -- "Inside Folk Songs", 1962
Yes, Mr. Rodgers -- Bobby Bare's "The Winner", 1976
Yowzah! -- "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag", 1965
 
 

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