THE WALK I drove 400 miles that night East of Dallas to Abilene And the hopes that I held in my headlights Were hopes like I'd never seen She called me from work that afternoon She said she'd be off about 2 AM Said it would be nice…

I took this bus trip from Forth Worth, Texas to Wheeling, West Virginia and on the way home I jumped off in Cincinnati and bought a ticket to Nashville... Lots of stuff happen when you are on a bus and in bus stations for over 60 hours. Here…

Guilty Roses Three dollars at the drug store For a rose as real as life Can't pass the display I want to take one to my wife But she's one suspicious lady A rose herself you see "I'm not that complicate." That's what she said to me…

Every time I read a book and try to turn the pages I Shake. Just a little. Ever since the night You said you were leaving me I Shake. Just a little © 2013 ROYAL T MUSIC

BLACK Still trying to get the horror of my circumstances into a soundscape... On my CD BLACK HORSE SALOON © 2013 Royal T Music

Standards capo @ 5 in Am I got my standards Oh, yes, I do Don't allow no smoking No tobacco chew Don't allow no boozin' Don't allow no grass If I catch you hurting yourself again I'll leave your ass Oh, yeah, you're pretty and yes…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

TROUBLE When I was a little bitty baby Mama let me run around naked. Good thing that we lived out in the country. Neighbors woulda called the cops and we'd a been in Trouble, trouble, trouble, we'd a been in trouble... Well, what a you know…

(C) 2011 Royal T Music

This is, actually, the instrumental version of I Play C and THEN comes SNAPSHOTS, which was written one morning at a campground between Comfort and Welfare, Texas called OLD NUMBER NINE Depot. It was a weekend songwriter retreat with Liza Gilkyson…