I was trying to write a Willie Nelson/Buddy Holly song. RaByn was 12 when he did the drums and bass on this. I think we did it on a Teac Porta Studio. 4 track cassette. TEXAS SKIES Key A Well, there was a time in Texas when the bars were…

I wrote this song after planting and fertalizing a crop of sudan grass just to have the sun shine down with no relief on it for 100 days and no rain. We, Texas Water, were heading home one night AFTER A GIG at Gringo's in Grapevine when the…

I wrote this after Brook drowned. WELCOME TO THE CLUB Well, you say that you're lonely. I see that you are. Why do you think I'm standing here at the bar Where have you been? Life ain't no play pen Call it a bar. Call it a pub. Welcome…

(C) 1990 Royal T Music

I wrote this one lonely afternoon in San Anselmo, California at my friend, Eric's house. Missing Peggy. NIGHT TIME DREAMS It's a long way to Texas. Further to Tennessee I'm out here in California with nobody but me So, I'm thinkin' about…

My daughter, Wyn, sings a song I wrote in 1977 while I was doing a gig at the Ramada Inn in Laredo. Harmonies are by her mother, Barbara Anne Taylor and step mother, Peggy Ann Mitchell. The guitar solo and keys are by my son, Rabyn…

Her name was Rosemarie Jean and I have lost contact with her. She wrote the poem I turned into Beneath the August Moon. I SAW ROSE AGAIN TODAY I saw Rose again today And I recognized the way My heart reached out With unturned fingers…

JONAH Jonah lives under the bridge Jonah lives under the bridge He's there, up off the ground His world is looking down Bicycles pass him by Children ask parents, "Why Jonah lives under the bridge." Jonah lives under the bridge No insurance…

This is the song that got me the job of writing all the music for the 1985 George Sluizer movie, Red Desert Penitentiary and a free trip to Amsterdam to work on the music with the editor. Video at" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V23Be8kDiSs…

FORTY YEAR BARN words by Jacque Shelton and JMT (I wrote the chorus.) I had a dream as a little boy Not a policeman, a fireman or even a toy I picked cotton, I waitered My sox need darned But all that I dreamed was my Forty Year Barn…

COWTOWN In a court yard down the alley There's a grave yard, weeds and litter Memories, undisturbed, await their doom Beneath the glitter of COWTOWN You take a building, old and crooked Long ago the life forsook it Paint it up and name…

Key - G Texas Water might be the only trio besides The Browns to do this song in the later part of the twentieth century. By Jacque Brel via the Browns. Here it is by There Browns: https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+the+browns+three…

EASY ANSWERS Easy answers, foggin' up my mind Easy answers, takin' up my time You tell me what I feel What is right and what is real What do you know? You say, like all the rest What is worst is what is best What do you know? Easy answers…

From the Texas Water album TEXAS RAIN Peggy sings this one. OKLAHOMA NIGHTS - Capo @ 2 G F G Carefully, the boats are tied up to the shore C G F C D And the fish are jumping in the night, in the night B D G And the wind has found…

Barbara sings this... I wrote this song back about 1975. I'D BE GLAD TO LET YOU LOVE ME Key of G G C G C G I’d be glad to let you love me C if you’ll just hold me for a while D You could take your time and linger C G I will not…

FANNIN COUNTY FAIR Fannin county fair. Red River rhymes and riddles And the Bois d' arc spread beneath the harvest moon There I found her, and I crowned her Queen of the Fannin County Fair I told her I'd be rich. I told her I'd be famous…

Of course, this is an old song. My mom would always say, "Jimmy, play The Wild Wood Flower, like Dick Melton used to."

My dad asked me to record this song long before someone put it on line so I could learn it. I was so surprised: the story was so unlike what I was expecting. In fact the song doesn't make any sense to me even now.

I have always really liked this song. It's a cool story and delightful music. Has that funny/sad combination. Resignation of the poor and downtrodden.

This is another song Dad asked me to learn for years. Like, RoseWood Casket, It makes no literal sense to me.