LANCASTER STREET Midnight in Cowtown. 90 degrees Too hot for a blanket. Too hot for a sheet The trash on the sidewalk is trying to sleep Breathing the bus fumes on Lancaster Street Sunshine brings tacos. Sunshine brings beans. Sunshine…

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

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…

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…

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…