This song contains the body of the first song I ever wrote. A poem sent to me while I was away to school in Idaho in 1959 by Carolyn Opitz that I sat at an old pump organ and sang a thousand times when I was a junior in high school. YOU CAN…

HEY! Hey, hey, hey Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey? Where you goin'? Think I'll go with you... As I walked out in The Streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen…

LISA'S THUMBNAIL Lost in a tangle of words Her life is a shambles Her dreams are in tatters Her thots are a tangle of thorns Her wounds are internal Her smoke;e's for survival... (c) 2002 Royal T Music

DREAM BOOK Don't wake me up. Can't you see that I'm sleeping? Turn out the light. I'm bound in a dream Don't raise your voice. I'm crossing the border Take a note from me. Write it down I will tell you the words There, in my dream book…

JONAH LIVES UNDER THE BRIDGE Jonah lives under the bridge He's there, up off the ground His world is looking down Bicycles pass him by Children ask parents why Jonah lives under the bridge Jonah lives under the bridge No insurance…

He stands outside her window Hour after hour, he watches Piece by piece he sees her disappearing. Once she was his flower Now, he sees her fading Who can say what comes between lovers? He takes his blame for reasons they're apart But thinks…

THE LAST WOMAN ON EARTH You will admit, of course that the life of the world is your life What you know of history is your history And what you know of the future is your future And that goes for women we must presume The women you have…

DRAGONFLY Using loops from a program called ACID (c) 2002 Royal T Music

SWEET YOUNG THING He lays out a freshly-pressed Arrow Clean socks and his new underwear He brushes his teeth with tooth paste It seems there's a charge in the air And he thinks about that Sweet Young Thing And how she trembled the night…

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMyTe57GAR4 That Same Conversation Linda lies, listening, quiet as a mouse She can hear their voices echoing all thru the house She listens sadly as Mommy and Daddy Are having That Same Conversation…

WOULD YOU FORSAKE A MEMORY If what we do is what we are And every pain will leave a scar Love must leave a beauty mark A light to guide us when it's dark And tenderness, a hope for more And Trust, a key to any door What comfort, then…

FOREVER EYES Let's just say it's 20 years from now Your hair's turned gray and I'm still alive, somehow When all is lost, we've found, that money buys Will I still see Forever in your eyes? Let's just say our promises are true That you…

I was in Spain, in the Pyrenees, working on THE STONE RAFT. I was the only American, read, "English speaker." I was feeling very alone. SOLITARY WALK Am INTRO Am F Am F Am (walking down) G F G Tho I follow in the footprints of my friends…

NO NEW LOVE Ain't no new love like an old love in this town Ain't no new love like an old love to take and turn my heart around Stop it on a dime when you said that you'd be mine Ain't no new love like an old love in my heart Ain't no…

CHOICES "After my house burn down I was confuse. Why are they burning down my house? My neighbor house..." "We called it The American War." My friend, John, said this about this bit of audio drama: I had forgotten how painful I find…

I have a video called THE BROKE PIANO on line at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JON_poM_sdY Ironically, it does not include this song. Key D D (figure is D D sus, D D sus) I am a BROKE PIANO. Got no damper and no keys G…

JUST A CAT It looks like someone taped a firecracker to him and blew it off. "Firecracker?" He's just a cat. Just a cat. A raggedy old cat. So why are we crying? The world is on fire. Light the fuse. It's a firecracker "Firecracker…

ACID TEARS As the hours turn into days and the weeks turn into years I am happy, but I'm always close to tears Surely as the love that we share will last forever Our bodies will die and our love will go on And tho the thot that love will…

DENIAL SANATA Denial's not a river in Egypt. Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is. The Nile is a river in Egypt Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is Put your feet in the water Put your head in the sand Put your hands in your pockets Try to clap for…

SHE DIDN'T KNOW Her flame wasn't orange. It was white. The kind you can't see at the noon day bright. Not the fickle flicker of a candle light But a point miles off on a moonless night She didn't know she was beautiful Nobody told her…