This is a song I learned off a Berl Ives record when I was a kid. When I was in college and I auditioned for a talent contest I would always sing this song and I would always get on the program. WEE COOPER OF FIFE There was a wee coop wa…

Was working this twilight horse ride out around lake Grapevine for a while. Had to write a song about it. SONG OF THE TRAIL Last night I was riding alone with the herd The moon and the stars in the night The smell of the horses and grasses…

This is my anti-pro Texas song song. TEXAS IS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE Well, some folks say that Texas is boots and belts and hats And Lone Star chili's just carbohydrates, proteins and fats I'll try to curb a snicker but I'm apt to disagree…

HOME ON THE RANGE Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range Where the deer and the antelope play…

THE STREETS OF LAREDO As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy…

I was on location for The Stone Raft in Spain and feeling pretty lonely. June of 2000. I was the only person on cast or crew that spoke only English. I was left out of most conversations because the crew and cast were all multilingual Europeans…

Written in Isaba, Spain 2003. On location shooting THE STONE RAFT/HET STENEN VLAT/La Balsa de Piedra. If you leave me a note, please tell me who you are.

SLEEPING ALONE Now, I've got room for my radio and I've got room for my phone And I've got room for my books and sun glasses now that I'm sleeping alone Now I've got room for my tablet and I've got room for my pen And now I've got room for…

PORTAL and HAPPINESS and TIME are three of the songs on my new CD, EUREKA. Short pieces. TIME There was a time when I figured my Chevy van would last forever I guess that was back when I was about thirty And there was a time when I thot…

HAPPINESS IS FOR FOOLS Happiness is for fools Those who have no compassion They turn away when they are needed they are surely damned (C) 2011 Royal T Music How can we be happy in a world of suffering?