I am sorry about the triple post. I may have found out a pattern here.
When I turned off the shuffle mode, the database and file method works. BUT, only if I select the first song. When I turn on shuffle, it reverts to picking a random song instead of the one I choose.
Which makes me think that RockBox is treating my 'song selection' like a folder selection. In otherwise, when I choose a song, it chooses to play the folder. So, if I have shuffle on, it starts with a random song in the folder. If shuffle is off, it players the first song in the folder regardless of whichever song I choose.
Does this make sense to anyone?