Tim Tandy said, "I enjoy the "play like" aspect of the Stockyards District today, but I KNOW what was real and what wasn't. When I grew up in East Fort Worth in the 50's thru the 70's, the Stockyards were a working affair. Everyone downwind got…

I was trying to learn I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and gave up and took what I had already and wrote this. CACTUS FLOWER Cactus flower shining. Simple song of life never in a bouquet Gathered for a wife Cactus flower growing In a land…

HOME ON THE RANGE Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range Where the deer and the antelope play…

THE STREETS OF LAREDO As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy…

THE SIGN The sign on the fence at the signal Was whippin' in the wind I felt on the dash for a pencil And a Taco Bell napkin The naked prayer of a family Was written on the tarp Rain-drenched and torn by the weather The message, razor…

I was on location for The Stone Raft in Spain and feeling pretty lonely. June of 2000. I was the only person on cast or crew that spoke only English. I was left out of most conversations because the crew and cast were all multilingual Europeans…

PORTAL and HAPPINESS and TIME are three of the songs on my new CD, EUREKA. Short pieces. TIME There was a time when I figured my Chevy van would last forever I guess that was back when I was about thirty And there was a time when I thot…

In the corner stands a guitar that plays only sad songs Give me when a friend lost his wife And this fine leather jacket came in a package The day after he took his own life In a bar down in Austin, he was drinkin' and boastin' This ring…

HAPPINESS IS FOR FOOLS Happiness is for fools Those who have no compassion They turn away when they are needed they are surely damned (C) 2011 Royal T Music How can we be happy in a world of suffering?

SLEEPING ALONE Now, I've got room for my radio and I've got room for my phone And I've got room for my books and sun glasses now that I'm sleeping alone Now I've got room for my tablet and I've got room for my pen And now I've got room for…