CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…

This is my adaptation of a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. "I always felt that it was fitting that you turned the poem I wrote into a poignant hymn that captured the feeling of loss of a loved one. My words sprang from my attempts to understand…

I FELL IN LOVE WITH TEXAS Well, I was not born in Texas I just came here for a while You give a state like this an inch It turns into a mile I came to stay a day or two It turned into a life Now I've got three hungry kids And one Texas…

HUNGRY EYE He goes down to a honky tonk to see the people there He'll pick him out an angel and he'll stare But it does not really matter if she is alone It's not his thot to take the lady home Hungry eyes. Hungry eyes. He's just come…

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD) Also, called THE BUG SONG On Feathers in the Wind album They’re flying in from miles around - C They circle and they settle down – Bm They sit and feel the world go round with you – Am…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…