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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This is my adaptation of a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. "I always felt that it was fitting that you turned the poem I wrote into a poignant hymn that captured the feeling of loss of a loved one. My words sprang from my attempts to understand…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

2008 ROYAL T MUSIC

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…

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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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE - capo @ 4 in C Well, I watched you play a crowd out in West Memphis And I’ve seen you play the trout at Timberline So, the next time you’re in town you must come around (So, if you're out my way on any given…

When this happened I couldn't get home before I had the song half written. What a lonely feeling. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Key of G G Em There’s a bird in the gutter that…

This is a Rick Babb song. Hey! What's that sound You're not around The silence makes me see Just what you meant to me It's quiet tonight Ah, you're not coming back You drove away I watched you pack I can't hear a thing But the sound…

My high school friend was transporting a scroll to Los Angeles to be repaired... SCROLL There was a girl with a broken scroll To make repairs, she took a stroll To the city of angles right down the road She made plans, then up and goed…

(C) 2009 Royal T Music

A cover of a Roy Harper song , a man who's musical style i probably admire the most in music , he has a wealth of music for people to discover

THE BASHFUL TROMBONE I'd be embarrassed by this if I had any pride. But I don't so.... (C) 2009 Royal T Music

WHEN I BELIEVED IN CHRISTMAS When I was a kid going home on the bus we would sing Christmas songs all the way to our stop and we never asked questions or doubted the things we were told by our parents or teachers or politicians. How I wish…

Well Reg is drunk again in the cellar and getting Morose thinking of how he was treated so badly by yet another woman who has left him....... so he's had to vent it into this blues song for the broken people................He just doesn't know…

Jango and Louis got to it this afternoon after watching the Wizard Of Oz on the Tv after a hefty lunch down the cellar and brought a tear to everyones eye.....................after Norm said about the dark side of the Rainbow i decided to check…

JV Andres- guitalele, vocals Veejay Andres- vocals, melodica Daniel Wilson- engineer, snare, bass drum Philip Cartwright- lyrics Forty-five sparrows hum you a tune This fowl form of choir will sing through next June And head up north…

Raeann Feist- lyrics, vocals Veejay Andres- vocals, tambourine, shaker JV Andres- guitar Daniel Wilson- engineer As her death boat drifts with the currents run Her beautiful hair shines, golden in the sun The breeze gently kissing it with…

A Christmas song about what really matters.........i got the idea for the music listening to Jarvis and his accordian the other evening so thanks J........ A CHRISTMAS SONG (Lyrics) Welcome to christmas eve the show begins again were going…

Long ago One mans argument against the opposition of the many didn't go down too well............Thanks Norm for Groove for St. Ambrose

Started out be an innocent little jazzy study in quartal harmony, but the DL4 was still in my signal path and things went downhill from there! Another done with my beloved '58 Stratotone

Sunday Morning Service 8/14/11 #1137

Well Jefferry came down the cellar this evening for a chat and a bit of consoling.................. so we decided to recant his tale of woe........................poor old Jeferry.............

I have just received the little black songbook through the post and couldn't resist having a go at this one...