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I think Billy Pohl was 14 and Ra Byn was 12 when they did the drums, bass and guitar on this track. They are "old men" now and much celebrated.
A Bill Pohl track: https://billpohl.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-bison?fbclid=IwAR2X4ookVrqQoEVDHplkUZ9b3CXHbskNlhH4CyJtQTsKulnyO8L9kohDzsQ…
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C F G
Don't Mind Me. I'm just in love with you
I'll try to stay out of the way
I'll find me someone who loves me too
And then I'll go away (2)
Don't Mind Me. I've got this thing for you
I'll try to keep it down…
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WAKING UP TO YOU
I didn't want to tell you I'd been crying
I'd hoped that I could dry up all my tears
But my heart was like the compass
On the bridge of a sinking ship
And I was drowning in the ocean of my fears
I remember that I said…
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CRAZY LONELY
People told me she was crazy. Did their best to clearly warn me.
I was heedless, knowing fully, she was lonely, crazy lonely
I was lonely. She was lonely. That was normal, but not enough
I loved her. I was helpless and she loved…
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HAPPY NOW
Pretty girl turning into a woman
I never that the day would be coming’
Pretty smile turned into crying
I wondered why her true love was dying
Happy now. There’s no way to miss it
Happy now. I wonder, “Why is it.
She’s happy…
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A A D D A A EAE
A E
1. She’s cool and collected
A E
I never feel rejected
A D A EAE
But she’ll never say the word
So unaffected…
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Special Guest covering I'd Love to Change the World
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STIX & STONES
Children are playing
Hear what they are saying
I only wish it was true
I'm just a boy, now
Just a throw-away toy, now
Wondering what I should do
Once I was harder
Never a martyr
Never gave true Love a try
Then…
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THE DENA WIND
The winds, they blow down thru the canyon
(Dena and I met in Canyon, Texas to check out a museum.)
Blowing so wild and free
And the night is my only companion
As they're blowing La Dena to me
Blowing in the wind
Canyons…
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The song first came about at the back end of the 80's. I recorded the guitar and vocal for the songcrafters.org fest Live in the Living Room all in one take. Recently I added a bass part.
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OKIE DOKIE
Well, you call me an Okie. That's okay with me
Okie dokie, I'm an Okie
I was born in Oklahoma. Out where the dirt is red
Hang out them brand new bed sheets
They'll be pink when you put 'em on your bed
Yes, I was raised in Oklahoma…
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"Is one dead baby worth all this sorrow?"
"Gotta get outta bed if you're going to make history."
Scenes from John Steinbeck's book, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE.
"There's something going on out in California and I'd like to know what it is." Preacher…
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A GOOD CRY
C) Why don’t you cry?
F) I know you need to
G) A tear was meant to F) ease the pain
C) A flood could come
F) and it will wash you
Am) So don’t you G) try to hold it F) back
Am) A good cry G) can’t be F) bad
Why don’t you…
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MAMMA
My mamma taught me to make my bed
Mamma taught me to iron my shirt
Mamma taught me to put a pillow in a pillow case
To wash and dry the dishes and that orange doesn't go with red
She said, "It's busy.'
My mamma taught me to brush…
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BOOTS
When I was a kid, I was gonna have a pair of cow boy boots some day
We were poor as dirt but I wasn't going to stay that way
And, my teacher at school, he said that I could
And I promised him, some day that I would
When I was a kid…
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Yes. Every word of it...
Blue Reversing Taylor
Born in 1979
Almost lost in 2008
Bullet
River took a bullet. A bullet in his chest
One went thru his forearm. In his hip one came to rest.
But River didn't feel it. He was busy at the time…
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BOBBIE DIED
Bobby died night before last
I didn't notice
I walked right past all the cars on the street
I thot it must me some kind of church group
Bobby died and I know she'll be missed
And, Buford, he won't get over this
He depended…
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DADDY MIGHT KNOW
Mamma keeps a asking when I a coming home
I said, "See ya on your birthday," but what does Mamma know?
Mamma's got damintion running round her so
Mamma doesn't get it but my daddy might know
Mamma's got demintion. You…
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GROWL
In the middle of the night my stomachs growling’
The windows rattle and the coyotes howling’
Tip toe to the pantry to do a little prowling’
The cupboard’s empty and the well’s run dry
Not enough water to tear my eye
In the middle…
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Teaching Selah how to milk a cow...
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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Jesus is my buddy
Jesus is my pal
I hold hands with Jesus
when I walk a troubled mile
He never will desert me
no matter what I do
So, won’t you come to Jesus
he’ll be your buddy too…
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This is one of the tracks off of my upcoming Album "Lightning Strikes" I signed with an Indipendent label back in July of this year and will be releasing my first album through them this month. "Best Of All" is an old school power ballad...Hope…
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BUTTER MOON
I heard this kid say the moon looked like a tortilla
Some people say they can see a man in the moon
But I know, if you look just right, you can see the face of Marylin Monroe
Yeah, when the moon first comes up it looks like a…
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There was a guy I met. His name was King.
He gave me this title and a bit of the story.
He liked what I did with his idea...
and, then, he vanished.
I can't understand the words either.
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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A MODEST PROPOSAL
The picture is my dad and his brother...
The sun is a magical ball
It’s got fire and gas
Yes, the sun has it all
The sun comes each day
Shines down it’s heat
Glory be, the sun shines for free
The sun can’t be stopped…
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I'm five feet tall, skinny as a rail in the shade of the rag weed down along the trail. It's a Grasshopper world. I grab myself a coffee can or a Mason jar, I don't know where I'm going but I know where I are. It's a grasshopper world. "Look here…
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HONEY CHILD
I see your eyes enquiring, without a word
Will I stick around or fly like a bird
Maybe I'll stay a while
Silhouettes colliding. Luminescent sparks
Crazy hoofbeats pounding. Trailblazing hearts
We'll ride in style, this winding…
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JEREMY'S DAUGHTER - Am
Last night I had a dream so real.
A dream inside my dream.
I fell asleep in the dream inside my dream
And in my dream I saw a face
This dream inside my dream
I saw a face inside the dream inside my dream
Whose…
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SAILOR
"Welcome John Teeters, Marion County high school quarterback, 1939." What goes up must come down. Tie a string to a June bug and he flies round and round. Want get a job, you gotta drive into town. Catch a big catfish ya gotta drag him…
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This might sound like chaos.
Well, it is. I was trying to play 4/4 against 3/4 and
some other silly time signatures.
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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THE ANGELS CRIED NO - capo @ 4 in Am
Am Em - He lived high up on the mountain top
He lived there with his love
He tumbled to the valley deep
F - When she gave him a shove
And, when he hit the valley deep
It must have broke his heart…
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It's just a Matter of Time.
We're born, and we live and we die
With tears in our eyes it's still a surprise
It's just a Matter of Time
It's just a Matter of Time.
Will Love, like all else soon decline?
Must glove and above turn into…
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I asked my love's boyfriend to take a walk...
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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Capo @ 5 in C
Back in 2008 I was the recording secretary for the Fort Worth Singer/Songwriter Association. I submitted this song at our annual contests and was awarded a plaque
for BEST COMEDY SONG, which I consider a serious misunderstanding…
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SHE IS WITH ME
In the hours between the darkness and the dawn
when tears are coming on SHE IS WITH ME
I type her name and address to the picture in the frame
at the Paradise Hotel and SHE IS WITH ME
I know that we are worlds apart
It…
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THE RING IN THE ASH TRAY
Capo @ 3 in G
G
There's a ring in the ash tray of a blue '95 Bronco
C G
In a driveway with a sign that says FOR SALE
D…
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THE ONLY THINGS
Any road that leads to somewhere
Any thought that comes to mind
Any sight on the horizon
Any friend that's left behind
Any meal that's ever eaten
Any quilt that's ever lined
Any concert that is set thru
Any document that…
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I'M A STRANGER TO ME - capo @ 3 playing in C
I'm a stranger to me
I make the bed where I sleep
I cook the food that I eat
I fold the towel that dries
The tears in my eyes
I'm a stranger to me
I'm a stranger to me
Every morning we meet…
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Let the choir sing and spiral 'til you feel fine
Angels on a train calling 'heresy helpline'
I see force ready aim and fire
I'm coming to see you
I'm coming to see you
I dont feel like leaving town
If you don't wake up and come around…
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AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am
Peggy said this song made no sense to her.
Little did I know that her heart had already been given to another man as I was writing this. Her words echo in my heart, "You should have known."
Intro – Am/ Am…
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POTTER'S FIELD KEY Em Capo @ 3
Google: "Husband kills wife's boyfriend AND unfaithful wife, then self. "
Em……..(hold) Figure 1 is C G Am Em, Figure 2 is A A Em Em
F 1 - You might as well take me out and stand me up against the wall…
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A song that Rick Babb started and I finished. He brought me the first verse and the chorus and the music. I finished it.
© 2007 Royal T Music
HERE COMES LONELY Key D
D
Peggy says it’s over but I don’t believe…
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I sang this live few times until
it became clear that it was a joke to the
audience and less and less so for me. Actually a song expressing my deepest anguish.
LIFE GOES ON Key C
C F
When…
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HE STILL LIMPS
EEEEBB/DDDDAA (2) C# (4)
C# It was his birthday. He got a puppy.
She took a hold of his heart B C C#
C# I'll call you Princess. You'll be my buddy
and we will never part B C C# - C# (2)
C# It was his birthday. He…
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I DO (Waltz) Capo @ 3 Key C
C Dm G C G
You made the stars disappear. You say the words that I most fear
C Bass B Am G…
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QUIVER
Johnny Brown set a trap for a rabbit and he went to bed
In the morning he found Mr. Wiggle almost dead
Johnny held his knife to Wiggle's throat
Mr. Wiggles was a quivering. Mr. Wiggles was a quakinh
Mr. Wiggles heart was breaking…
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THE RING IN THE ASH TRAY Key - G Capo at 3
There's a (G) ring in the ash tray of a blue 95 Bronco
(Actually, a green Volvo)
In a (C) drive way with a sign that says “FOR (G) SALE”
And if (D) you're the first caller for (C) $1000 dollars…
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PEGGY’S GONE Capo @ 5 Key C
C G
PEGGY’S GONE after twenty nine years
Am F
Three grown children. What am I doing…
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YOU - in C
There's a place in my mind
Where your face had a home
Long before you walked into my life
Before you were a known
There's a note in my song
That I knew fit somewhere
Tho the journey was long
I hoped I wouldn't be wrong…
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HE MOVED ON
capo @ 7 in C positions
C G Am Em
Jenny left her husband many years ago
F C G
She got lost in menopause and found herself…
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Life seems to be training us to expect less while demanding that we give more and more.
ONE SMALL CANDLE Key - G
G D G
In this old world when things go wrong
D G
We hold our women. We sing our song.
D G
We call our children. We call…
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SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Key G
G Bar 7/ 6/ 5 D
I lie on my back. Look up thru the leaves
B C Cm
The stars are still there
G Bb Dim Em…
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THE DUST ON THE PIANO
Capo at 2 in Dm
Dm C (2) or Em D
He used to play piano because it made her smile
Dm C (2)
She could be in any room. He'd sit and play a while
F C Bb (G)Dm
He didn't need to see her. He knew she loved it so
He…
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WHERE
Where will I spend the rest of our life?
Where will I live our tomorrow
Our only hope springs from within your sorrow
And if I thot your pain could be bought
I'd start saving today for tomorrow
Where, where
Our only hope springs…
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DON'T TOUCH ME
Don't touch me and don't ask me why
Because I'll tell you
I'll take up your whole evening
And there's nothing you can say
And there's nothing you can do
So, don't touch me
And, don't ask me. Don't ask me how I've been…
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unWANTED - Capo @ 2
(Dm) A Dm
There'll be no poster of me looking ragged
There'll be no pictures of me strung around
Gm Dm
There'll be no subpoena. There'll be no warrant…
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INFATUATION, UNREQUITED
They say it's just infatuation
I only wish that it was true
Infatuation, unrequited
Feels like love to, for you
And then they say, 'Silence is golden,"
And I don't know what to do
The autumn leaves, the branched…
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IF I WRITE A LETTER TO YOU - Key of G
If I write a letter to you
Tell me who will I write to
A lover, a friend,
A beginning, an end
If I write a letter to you
If I send a flower to you
Tell me who would not go to
A friend or a foe…
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One night after our gigs, Chris Zeller at the Hilton Hotel and me at Shananagans in Midland we met in his hotel room and decided we would both write a song called THE CHANGING OF THE WAYS. I wonder what ever happened to him.
THE CHANGING OF…
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She said, "If you ever go crazy and leave me, I will come here to live."
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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Was working this twilight horse ride out around lake Grapevine for a while. Had to write a song about it.
SONG OF THE TRAIL
Last night I was riding alone with the herd
The moon and the stars in the night
The smell of the horses and grasses…
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This is my anti-pro Texas song song.
TEXAS IS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
Well, some folks say that Texas is boots and belts and hats
And Lone Star chili's just carbohydrates, proteins and fats
I'll try to curb a snicker but I'm apt to disagree…
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