SHOES During the Iraq war there was a traveling exhibit: On a mall they would line up pairs of boots. One pair for each American soldier killed in Iraq. (c) 2006 Royal T Music

This is from a poem by Cindy Sheehan's daughter, who's name I will include here when I remember it. It's her response to losing her brother in the Iraq war. A much publicised death. I think her name is Carlie. A NATION ROCKED TO SLEEP Have…

KAMP KERR Well, I ain't no hero. I'm just trying to survive Me and Cindy, we just staying alive We got a hurt in our heart and a tear in our eye But, we ain't heroes There's a small-town constable, he likes to play cop So he bought a…

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 angry.” And you say, “Just tell the story…

When I wrote this I thought the idea was pretty far-fetched. Little did I know... I started this song in Nashville. I was hanging out with Lisa Aschmann. She was going to tell me a melody for it but that never happened so I took the…

ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C C F C Morning sun shies thru the curtains C G C Throwing shadows on her face C F C I…

JESSE I never met Jesse, but I heard her howl in the night And I heard her pup yelping for whatever they help for She was strong and she was there in the Texas night Out on the prairie between Alvarado and Lillian You could hear them, singing…

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH We don't know much... We could be sad and not know why We could say we're happy and know that it's a lie We could say we're finished and start right up again We could sware we're losin' and turn around and win We could…

PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA 1951 Palmdale, California 1951. Pretty yellow chickens hatching in the sun Fertilizer spreader flings its fecal load. I climb up to watch in the trees along the road. Little chickens, running, pecking, darting, so…

Peggy taught me an Eagles song toward the end off our life together. I think it was NEW BOY IN TOWN. (I had no idea what she was telling me.) I took the chord progression from that song and wrote this. Peggy said that was cheating. WATERMELON…