Charley, I would suspect the problem you have with HTML is the Word conversions. I just tried one of yours just editing it in notepad as a text file, I could get something looking similar at about 1/4 of the size of your .doc. An MS Word HTML conversion a file nearly double your .doc. Trouble is that to do it by hand takes time...
"Everyone", Radriano is precicesly the point. Not everyone with browers can access .doc files. I had a few months here when I was running Linux here and wouldn't have been able to view Charleys songs. I just don't like the attitude (not from Charley, he's been very reasonable with me) that one should be forced to use a proprietray MS thing when reasonable plain text alternatives exist.
Anyway, best of luck with the site Charley. Wish i'd never started this...