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Maybe some day I will have a Cds-worth of songs about "Hannah." She has crept into my writing life and is a treasure. A fellow word smith from a different universe: The planet of Broken Mirrors. Hanna is the name I use when I write about Shannon…

One day Connie Ramsey called and let it slip that she was writing a rocking chair song. I thot that was a good subject for a song so I wrote one too. Rocking Chair Well, I got one on the porch and one in the den And just enough umph for…

24 HOURS When there ain't nobody listening A cry is just a sound When there ain't nobody watchin' A tear just wets the ground When nobody knows, nobody cares When the only girl that ever loved you Walks out the door and drives away…

This is my Katrina song. THE NEW NEW ORLEANS WALTZ There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a boy And Lord knows I am one Storms may come and storms may go But the sun will always shine Unless…

YOUR VOICE I hear your voice I go get my ladder Pull on my gloves Climb up to the gutter Where the leaves gather round Talk about the weather I hear your voice I dig out our blankets The 'lectric controller Your grand mother's quilt…

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I wrote this at my dad's urging. He likes it. We sing it together. I have YouTube Video of it up. EULOGY He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma Red dirt back yard, Gramma's place Honey suckle in a dust bowl Life as hard as limestone lace…

EXPECTING - capo @ 1 in E I keep expecting to come home and find you here waiting for me And Time can't diminish the hopes in my heart or the ghosts in my dreams/sleep In the darkness and cold sometimes Winter forgets there's a Spring And…

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SMART If I'm so smart, why are you telling me what to do? You say I'm smart as you times two If I'm so smart, won't you be quiet and let me think How did I get so lost, if I'm so smart? If I'm so smart, quit telling me to move along That…

SUZY WOOZY In trees that topped the tallest roofs There lived some people known as swoofs They built their houses up so high The swoofs had wings and liked to fly They flew to school. They flew to play Most swoofs liked to climb that way…

FREEDOM I started out with four chickens Thot I'd let 'em run free I found out: no more chickens What a licking' freedom can be. (C) 2009 Royal T Music

This is just silly. Please move in. (C) 2009 Royal T Music

The Inappropriate Question G C/Gbass She said, “I can see that you’re hurting. And I can see that you are wearing a ring. Perhaps an inappropriate question, but I’d like to ask you something. "Soon I will be a grand mother I have…

WHO I look. I see. I empty me into a smoke-filled room I play. I sing out everything, 'til all that's left is gloom I smile. I laugh. I show that half, I please them every night But who will be the one for me. Who'll sing for me tonight…

CRAZY She said if I ever go crazy and leave her She'll go back to San Francisco Now that she left and I'm crazy I know where I have to go Rocks line the bay And ghost crabs scatter in Sausalito I'll wait on the shore across the bay…

HELLO G C You’re some kind of prophet, I’ll give you that D G But now what I need is a nurse G C An emergency entrance, can you show me that D…

The last time I saw Grandpa was fifty years ago Palmdale, California. I was 4 years old He was stooped and withered. A worn-out little man. I remember him the best I can I swear I just saw Grandpa in Daddy's barn just now Out beyond the…

I NEVER DREAM capo @ 2 in C C I never dream of building bridges. I never dream I’ll build a dam I never dreamed of a cathedral for the mighty God, I Am F I never dreamed of founding clinics or make donations to the cause C I don’t see…