I posted this song a few days ago and Bethan liked the music so much she wrote her own words. Here it is, a co-write across the Atlantic. SITTING BY THE WINDOW, NOTHING TO DO WAITING FOR THE TIME WHEN THE SUN SHINES THROUGH THE SUN SHINES…

I met this Indian one night in Albuquerque. I think he put something in my coffee. CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) Albuquerque, ’74. Pulled off the road. Opened the door I said, “Hop in fellow if you’re needing a ride You’ve got…

Just thinking about Happiness. Thinking about how she said she was leaving because she wanted to be happy. HAPPY Key - C walking down... Happy is the anvil as the hammer strikes the blade A fleeting spark that fades as the memory is made…

Remembering... (c) 1966 Jimmy Rogers (C) 2012 Royal T Music

OCCUPY 0112 It's a highland I call my land It's an island in the sun No matter how you measure it It's always number one If I had a house to occupy I'd occupy my wish But to have a house to occupy I must defy the rich We buy the…

This is the original version of WILD BILL that I submitted to Production back in '95 when I was working on the film. It got set aside when the music was forwarded from Ry Cooter to Van Dyke Parks. One day I came in from work and Peggy…

TWO POUNDS - (Diethylstilbestrol Daughters) "DES, which was once prescribed to prevent miscarriages, caused obesity, rare vaginal tumors, infertility, and testicular growths among those exposed in utero." http://www.motherjones.com/environment…

I JUST NEED A GIRLFRIEND 'TIL MY BABY COMES BACK Key - C C F I just need a girlfriend 'til my baby comes back G F C Baby comes…

SAWTOOTH REQUIEM Sawtooth Mountain. Working minimum wage Clearing slash for a trail for the lift to the edge Snow starts to falling the wind blowing sharp Freezing my breath and breakin' heart Some men's got to hunt. Some men's gotta ski…

...a song Rick Babb wrote, trying to imagine what it must be like for me, to be loved by Peggy Mitchell. Yesterday (Now, many years ago) Rick Babb came over to Fort Worth to deliver some equipment to Bass Hall for a concert. We had dinner and…