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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…
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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…
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Quannah Parker was the son born to Cynthia Parker, a white girl, stolen by Comanche raiders who grew up to be the wife of the chief. Quannah, in turn became the leader of his tribe. Eventually, Cynthia returned to her people. QUANNAH - Cynthia…
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Wrote this while playing the part of Saul Gibbs in the movie WILD BILL. The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry. Young Jack McCall sat awake…
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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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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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Rough cut of our hangar 18 cover no vocals
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I asked my love's boyfriend to take a walk... (C) 2008 Royal T Music
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Performed by Blue Harmony at Rendezvous
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(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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Special Guest covering Betty Lou.
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Teaching Selah how to milk a cow... (C) 2008 Royal T Music
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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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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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A loop I wrote for a friend
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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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Cover of Double Trouble by Pat Kavenaugh.
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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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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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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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Special Guest covering I'd Love to Change the World
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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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(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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Cover of Carpenter, by Frank Hackney
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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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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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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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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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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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Ellamy tiller on piano, drums, and vocals.
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Who should turn up this evening down the cellar but Frank so Jango and Reg put this one together for him hope you enjoy........
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A blues song based on actual events
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Please enjoy the music while your party's being reached
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LULLABY Key D D4 D sus D, D4 D sus D (D) Close your eyes and tell me. Tell me what you see. In the sleepy landscape of your reverie. (G) Can you count the blossoms in the (Em) garden (A) of your (D) mind? Think about the mountains and the…
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I’M STILL HERE Key D D A D D A D I’M STILL HERE. I’m feeling kind of shoddy. I’M STILL HERE in mind and body D…
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SLAUGHTER MOUNTAIN My mom’s dad was a coal miner. Her mother died of TB when she was a kid. When she was twelve, her dad, dying of black lung, slit his throat with a butcher knife. That left her with a cripple little brother to take care of…
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The lyrics of this song, as they pertain to plot, are my exact memory of the event. I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…
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I wrote this song with Lisa Aschmann. CAPO @ 3 Video - https://www.facebook.com/100001011201926/videos/1285714588695761/ HICKORY STIX Dm Am Billy Mac and Don McCray drive to work each dawn at six Down the mountain to the factory, makes…
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LISA MAKES APPOINTMENTS Capo @ 3 in C C stepping down G Lisa makes appointments for her friends to come and cry She’s got a comfy shoulder and an empathetic sigh Am. F. Am. F Lisa’s…
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COAL FEVER Key D D D sus D D D sus D When I got the fever I was eight years old Mamma called the doctor. So the story is told G…
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FRUSTRATED ARTIST He was a frustrated artist trying to sell his pictures on the street. He was a frustrated artist never selling quite enough to eat, so, he overcompensated for the lack of compensation for the pictures that he drew…
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DIAMONDS AND WATER You wear diamonds on your fingers You wear diamonds on your ears and you wear diamonds on your necklace You wear diamonds to the party You wear diamonds to the banquet You wear diamonds to the opera But I’ll take a…
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Palmdale, California. 1950. 15th Street East. CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Take me back to California on that sunny Christmas morn. Christmas there was different on those Mojave Desert nights No snow and not much money for sharp clothes…
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PROLOG I was born in California. I was raised in California. To me, the world was California. Evrything else was some strange place. One place I knew about was Tennessee, where my mom grew up. I heard stories about her dad being a miner…
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HOEDOWN Hey now. Hoe now. Hey now. Hoe now. Chop that cotton. row now. Oh. Oh. ...two, three, four. Hoe now. Hey now. What you got to say, now? Tell me what you said. What’s in your pretty head now. Swing your partner. Oh. Allemande right…
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BIG FAT HORSE I wish I had a big fat horse. Corn to feed him on. Pretty little girl to say at home. Feed him when I’m gone. Wish I had a big fat horse... I wish I had a mountain top to look out to the sea I wish I had a mountain top to…
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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…
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LAMENT FOR WILD BILL in C - Capo @ 3 The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry. Young Jack McCall sat awake in his cell, alone and quiet…
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THE WALLET OUTLASTED THE LADY I was 20. She was 15 I was her prince. She was my queen We shared our dreams Yeah, we shared 'em all We shared the large We shared the small It must have been the Christmas of 1963. She took a $10 bill…
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All the things I didn't say All the things I didn't do All the times I didn't take the time to tell you All the times we didn't share All the things we didn't see All the times I let you do your thing And you, me There's only today…
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IF I HAD A LADY LIKE THAT If I had a lady like that I wouldn't take her to the General Store If I had a lady like that I wouldn't go there any more If I had a lady like that I'd take her to some high-class joint Buy her some candle light…
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I never sing this song the same two times in a row. The lyric below is pretty close to how I sing it now. Listening again, this is an awful version of this song... I have my recording machine working again...I must redo this. I PLAY C…
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This song is akin to REMEMBERING BABE. Another night to Keren's. Almost got caught by the cops. Saw 'em coming so Babe and I hid in the olive orchard until they turned off the spot light and left. THEN, I did what came to be called my Night Ride…
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Saw a black man on TV one night. His name was John Ferguson. This is his story. He's not a songwriter. DAMNED IF I DO - G I got thrown in jail for killing a guy Then I went crazy, waiting to die So, now they can't kill me Because I'm…
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Kozy West Emily had more regrets than she could ever count She got to feeling crowded so she moved outta town She bought herself a trailer park she called The Cozy West Tried to forget about the past. Just be open to the best...open To…
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This is, actually, the instrumental version of I Play C and THEN comes SNAPSHOTS, which was written one morning at a campground between Comfort and Welfare, Texas called OLD NUMBER NINE Depot. It was a weekend songwriter retreat with Liza Gilkyson…
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A Cloudy Day For Sunny Am Am G They joke and they laugh and they smile and they Am sneer Am G They say things like, "I love you," for…
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the source for the longer stretched version of this. no video yet but more mixing..
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OH, SCARLETT (capo @ 3 in C positions) If I was a stream I'd flow so free and hope that you would drink of me If I were a cloud and you were the sky I'd savor you as I float by Oh, Scarlett, eyes so bright Oh, Scarlett, hold me tight…
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capo @ 4 Am - 3/4 time (starts on A) Am G Am G Am Last night I said Good bye to Rose but long ago I learned. The things that last we seldom know and think a bridge is burned. Bb…
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THE DENA WIND The winds, they blow down thru the canyon 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 in the wind Fire is in the wind of my life Questions in…
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CRY, CRY CRISTI Cristi reads books about radio She sits the children of light Had a child of her own once down in Mexico Now, her body's a dead end at night Cry. Cry, Cristi Tho she left, she's hardly gone I find so much of her still…
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CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…
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ASA I met a man named Asa today Sweeping an apartment hall way A washer of windows. A painter of walls He moves when the manager calls I was in San Francisco. Visiting with a friend I was at the door, about to walk in Saw this fella…
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CHILD OF MY RESTLESS DREAMS I saw Annah last night When she rose to hug me I saw that she was with child I saw Annah last night And she looked so happy I had to stay for a while Should I be happy Or should I morn another stranded soul…
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SHE DOESN'T THINK WE CAN MAKE IT She doesn't think we can make it She doesn't think you can take it She'll do what she can to break it If she can't have me, she'd rather see me alone She asked me into her mind, and She knew the things…
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This is the title song from my first LP. FEATHERS IN THE WIND by SNOWGEESE. Snowgeese was my first wife, BarbaraAnne and me. Michael was a new friend we met when we moved to Texas that liked my songs enough to produce and arrange and record…
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I'M AN EAGLE I'm an eagle I'm an arrow I'm a falcon I'm a sparrow ...and I feel the wind crossing my feathers in the morning Flying high above the fields. Swoop down without a warning I'm an eagle I'm an arrow I'm a falcon I'm…
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CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…
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I FELL IN LOVE WITH TEXAS Well, I was not born in Texas I just came here for a while You give a state like this an inch It turns into a mile I came to stay a day or two It turned into a life Now I've got three hungry kids And one Texas…
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HUNGRY EYE He goes down to a honky tonk to see the people there He'll pick him out an angel and he'll stare But it does not really matter if she is alone It's not his thot to take the lady home Hungry eyes. Hungry eyes. He's just come…
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CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD) Also, called THE BUG SONG On Feathers in the Wind album They’re flying in from miles around - C They circle and they settle down – Bm They sit and feel the world go round with you – Am…
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PEGGY'S GONE Key of F Peggy’s gone. After 29 years. Three grown children. What am I doing here. Why am I still alive? What am I supposed to do? I ask myself. I’m asking you. Peggy’s gone. She says it’s for good I say, “That’s bad,” but…
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THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE I guess I've always been a sissy I smash my finger and I cry And when you say that you don't miss me I wonder at The power of Good-bye I know a man should never crumble The faith he claims, it will deny…
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I DO - capo @ 3 in C C Dm You made the stars disappear G C G You said the words that I most feared C stepping down to G...C Why in the world…
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SHE LAUGHS She laughs. I can hear her thru the wall She laughs Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....... (C) 2007 Royal T Music True's bedroom is thru the wall from mine.
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COLD LIZARD There's a lizard, crawls out on the porch Hops up on this wagon wheel hub, suns himself Then, the other day a cloud came over You know, lizards are cold-blooded And this wasn't just any cloud This was like darkness There…
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I CAN'T GO TO WORK TODAY I can't go to work today I can't face the men I can't go back to work today I'm never going back again... (...and I didn't.) (C) 2007 Royal T Music When Peggy told me she was leaving me for Doug Kirk, the…
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POTTER'S FIELD KEY Em Capo @ 3 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 F 1 - I don't want no bandanna, no cigarettes to ease the fall F 2 - No…
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HER DOG Alright, everybody gather 'round. Got it? Here we go. Her dog is old. She ;listens as it coughs He sobers on the hardwood floor and then he licks the sloper off. She swears the day is coming when she'll take him to the vet But…
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BACK TO ONCE UPON A TIME What does it profit a man to win the whole world and lose his girl? A man must have a reason. A poet needs a rhyme To make it thru a dark season, back to Once Upon A Time The seasons pass so slowly as the seeds push…
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Side Effect posted an excellent track for collaboration over on songcrafters.org. I had some time this morning and cobbled this together. It appears to be about drug abuse. Warning - there is the odd expletive here. Oh and if you're sensitive…
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HERE COMES LONELY A Rick Babb song Ronnie says it's over. I don't believe I'm not willing to give up I'm not ready to see She's made up her mind She's counted to three Here comes Lonely Ronnie says it's over. I understand It's been…
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WHEN THE HEART IS SILENT When the heart is silent The mind must tell the truth That's the only way For the heart to make it thru The mind must be the guardian The keeper of the fire The heart can not stay silent Or it will expire…
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