OWIE! in G When I get an owie I want to tell somebody When I get an owie I feel so alone When I get an owie I want to show somebody When I get an owie I run strait to mom When I get an owie It's better if it's bloody...

SKATING - Capo @ 7 Am F I shouldn’t be out skating. Storm is passing thru Dm E Out here in the darkness where I last saw you Standing neath…

SOMETHING JUST BROKE Key E Bo Diddly Beat Something just broke and I think it's my heart It wasn't an arrow, It wasn't a dart Might been a meteor that tore it apart Something just broke and I think it's my heart Something just broke…

GHOST TOWN Key C. Capo @ 2 or whatever works for you... C Em F G C I live in a Ghost Town somewhere on the edge of space C Em F G Everything is dusty and everything is in it's place Am Em F G C All the doors hang open and when it rains…

COAL FEVER Key D D D sus D D D sus D When I got the fever I was eight years old Mamma called the doctor. So the story is told G G sus G G G sus G The doctor’s diagnosis made her blood run cold D D sus D D D sus D A He said I’d been infected…

I wrote this song with Lisa Aschmann. HICKORY STIX Billy Mac and Don McCray drive to work each dawn at six Down the mountain to the factory, makes handles outta hickory stix Their job is easy labor, hanging handles on the line That drags…

The lyrics of this song, as they pertain to plot, are my exact memory of the event. I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…

PERFECT When I said, “She’s perfect,” I meant she’s Perfect for me You might not see her that Perfectly When 1 and 1 is 2 and 2 and 1 is three, that’s math and on math we all agree But Perfect has a sliding scale on which we all find our…

THE SWING When I was a child we'd drive 200 miles To Gramma’s in the Spring I’d hop out of the car. Run to her back yard. Gramma had a swing The times have changed... And when I became a dad I took all the rope I had And tied it to…

Since my ear found your voice And my eye found your face All the sights and the noise Will never erase The song I started singing The song I sing today... (C) 2019 Royal T Music I wrote this about Violet.

From a poem by Pete Thompson. CALEB’S REPRIEVE The crowd is restless/It’s a quarter to noon They’re here for a hangin’/And it better be soon Sun beating down/The law’s not in town Hangman’s dirty boots tappin' slow… Dragged from…

DELI When they close down the deli at Walmart They discount the mashed potaters About 10, that's when I go in Sometimes a little later...

(C) 2019 Royal T Music

My buddy Lu Mitchell went the way of a song yesterday... Sad. MISSING LU I will miss you, now that you’re gone I will miss you, as I carry on I held your hand up a step or two Now I will miss you. I will miss you There are those who…

Jackie Kelly sat next to me in 7th grade. She was great at diagramming sentences. I would catch up with her on the way to school and we would walk silently. She was buck-toothed and brash. I really liked her. I carved "JK" with a safety pin in…

IF ONLY You are my favorite If Only If only I'd showed up in time If Only's the name of my pony And we're always a little behind If only, if only, if only It echoes thru my lonely life If only, if only, if only I think I'd be ready…

YOU GOTTA TO BE CAREFUL WITH LOVE - Capo @ 3 in C You gotta be careful with Love There’ll be days the sun will shine The breeze of Love blow thru your mind But keep a coat out on the line ‘cause you gotta be careful with Love You gotta…

ICE CREAM. key- D It's (Dsus2) raining outside The rain wets my window It's (G) raining out (C-G) side I think I'll stay (Dsus2) in Pull the (Am) covers up to my (Em) chin (Am) Sleep until I don't know (Em) when I'll dream of (F) ice…

Ashley and I had been talking... I recorded this with Pete Thompson out at Texas Central. Pete did the drums, percussion and bass. I'm not happy with my guitar and vocals but too excited getting it off the page to wait. I'll update it when…

THAT CLOSE TO CRYING - a Waltz in G I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time. Just the mention of TOGETHER AGAIN and I cross that line But lately I'm learning to act/look like I'm fine But, I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time I'm THAT…