Marian is my favorite fiddle player after Itzhak Perlman. She and I wrote this song about her feeling of her Dad's presence when she plays and people listen. MARION'S SONG A puff of smoke when her violin broke A look that just said, "I…

Trying to channel some of my favorite pre-Apocalypse music.SOME KIND OF LOVE - capo @ 2 play in Key of C VERSE 1 - It’s so easy in the middle of the night to fall into SOME KIND OF LOVE. A boy and a girl can forget the whole world when the…

Today I got an email about a lyric contest and the title had to be I WONDER...so I wrote this! I WONDER by James Michael Taylor I wonder, I wonder out loud Why I wander under a cloud A cloud with it's rain It's lightning and pain…

Sounds like a gospel song to me. Barbara Anne hopped in for a bit too. (C)2008 Royal T Music

The story is at www.iburymydead.com THE CHILD WITH THE BEAUTIFUL NAME What remains of an eagle that's fallen The roots of an oak tree now claim To draw sap for the shade for the cattle O're the child with the beautiful name The law…

I did this for a movie ha had been working on.

Are you WILLING?

> First there was Spring Time. Then there was Summer. > Then there was Autumn. > > And then there was Winter. Her daddy mowed lawns > She was a smart little doll > River loved Winter. His dad was a singer > But River…

Dad wanted me to write him some funeral music. This is it. He's still alive at 91 and sings this song to himself and tears come to his eyes. I have a video of Dad and me singing a duet of this song. EULOGY He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma…

Yeah, I know. I can't understand it either. TESLA Who invented remote control? TESLA Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA Who invented the radio? TESLA And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA So, you say now, “Don’t be…

I REMEMBER THEM Capo @ 5 in C (F) C CM7 C CM7 I stare at a picture of you and me thirty years ago G C CM7 Sitting on the porch at a cheap motel in Midland C CM7 FM7 Glad I didn't know way back then what I didn't know G C CM7 Stars in…

C G I keep expecting to come home and find you here waiting for me…

I was dreaming this song, so I woke up and recorded it. It's just something silly...

(C) 2010 Royal T Music

Something I missed for many years was singing in a choir. Now that I have multitracking I don't miss it any more. THE WINNOWING WIND I feel the wind flow thru me Oh, please, don't let it undo me. Let it level and true me The wind, the…

To painful to listen... (C) 2007 Royal T Music

Probably the reason I'm still alive. (C) 2008 Royal T Music

What?!!!

I DREAMED I HUGGED JACK HARDY I dreamed I met Jack Hardy. He was bold but had sensitive hands With a voice that was tempered by New York City In his eyes I saw many lands I dreamed I hugged Jack Hardy He was thick and soft, like pine…

I was making a list of all the senses I could think of and it all began to make no sense. She was everything I ever dreamed of ... and I was hers for the taking She was everything I ever dreamed of The last piece in the puzzle A dream in…