She just lets her music out Not much more than a breath No need to scream or shout We hear what she says Listen to the quiet voices Whispering in her head... (C) 2019 Royal T Music

DONGLE "When the mouse can't see the dongle The cursor is erratic..." (C) 2020 Royal T Music

DEEPER Every day I sink a little deeper Two steps up. Three steps back. I'd rather be dead than be a sleeper I'm not coming back... (C) 2020 Royal T Music

YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH LOVE You gotta be careful with Love (2) There'll be days when the sun will shine The Breeze of Love flow thru your mind But keep a coat out on the line 'cause you gotta be careful with Love You gotta be…

From an idea in a poem by Pete Thompson. CALEBB'S RETRIEVE jmt/Pete Thompson The crowd is restless It's a quarter til noon They're for a hangin' And it better be soon Sun's beaten' down The Law's not in town Hangman's dirty boots…

There are things I hear But it's not with my ear Voices calling. Who is calling? (C) 2020 Royal T Music

BAD GIRLS I was a skinny little girl-crazy kid I listened to what they said I watched what they did I didn't have any sisters I only knew the girls at school; Girls made me shiver I thot girls were really cool I was a skinny little…

I hate Sunday Sunday is dark and lonely...

CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in C/Am I’m (Am) going back to California A little place in the San (E) Joaquin (Am, stepping down A G F# F E) Where the back pasture builds To Sierra foothills And Kaweah tumbles down cool and clean I’m going back…

CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in C/Am I (C) come from California With a banjo on my (G) knee I was (C) off to Oklahoma To study (G C) Christianity I’m (Am) going back to California A little place in the San (E) Joaquin (Am, stepping down A…

ON PAPER (Not Finished) I look real good on paper Look good in a magazine And I look pretty good in the movies I made Even behind the scenes I’ve got a house that’s paid for I keep my credit clean And I don’t use drugs or smoke…

CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in Am I (Am) come from California With a banjo on my (E) knee (Am, stepping down) I was off to college in Oklahoma Where I (E) studied (Am) Christianity I’m going back to California A little place in the San Joaquin…

The story our song that night (Songwriter night, Tuesday, at The Post, where we would divide up into groups and have a new song ready to perform in one hour) was about railroads and a girl from San Antone. When I got home I had the Tejas/Chaos…

TEJAS Capo @ 2 in C I met a girl. Her name was Tejas Shrimping south of Texas City In her eyes I could see chaos In her voice I heard confetti In her purse I found the lip gloss She bought in New York City When she jumped I felt such…

I BUY GUITARS Em One man might buy cigarettes and waste it all in smoke Another marijuana and share a friendly toke Am Another, with more money, might invest in antique cars Em I buy guitars A man might buy a baseball card Keep it…

I used to wash my wind shield When I gassed up my car Lately I've been wondering Where the grasshoppers are I used to haunt the ant hills Looking for a big red ant Now I find myself wondering Where the horny toad went There was living…

capo @ 3 Am walk down... When I was a child we'd drive 200 miles to Grandma's in the Spring I'd hop out of the car, run to the back yard. Grandma had a swing But the times have changed... When I became a dad I took all the rope I had…

YOUR FACE People ask if I forgive her What a silly thing to say My love is destined to outlive her In every single way And people say she's gone forever I know that might be true But my heart just says "Whatever," and "What is that…

WITHOUT THINKING capo @ 3 in C C I do things without E thinking Am (walk down) I admit it's true But I do C nothing without G thinking about C you Am I turn a corner Em I pump some gas F I fold a pillow case C I wash a G glass I stand…