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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

She lies alone. She's crying. The truth hit her like a rock A rock thrown thru her window The window to her heart His eyes told her a story And she believed it, every word She made plans to leave forever Her time was over on this earth…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

where the last two songs were mixed into the ambient thing then more ad libby dibby dribble stuff at the end fast fat and fluidlike ;ooo

WINNER TAKE ALL For every singer that’s famous There must be a couple that ain’t Well, he was a wasn’t but also he wasn’t The kind to be thing he can’t So, he got him a job on the radio Spinning’ records and speaking’ his mind Singing…

AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am Intro – Am/ Am -/ Am - Bass G (3) Am Bass F/ E Am FM7 Am FM7 Thru the early morning curtain, muted light of new sun rays C G E Am Falls on you and I’m not certain. Is that your early-morning face? In…

Fort Worth Shoeshine I was shining his shoes when he asked me strait out, “What kind of place is this Fort Worth town? What kind of people live here and what do they do? I’m gonna be in town for a week or two.” I spoke right up with my…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

(C) 2009 Royal T Music

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…

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…

(c) 2009 Royal T Music

The drum and keys track was on a CD sent to me and composed and performed by a friend, Don Landry. Instantly I wanted to put voices with it, so I did. Don likes it. Mission accomplished. (c) 2009 Royal T Music

This is a Rick Babb song. Given, he wrote it about Peggy and me, I rewrote the lyrics of the verses to be more specific. But the music and the chorus is his. My son, RaByn produced it and played the guitars and drums and bass. JUST IN CASE…

Oh, no, can't be so. Ain't no light at the end of the row. © 2009 Royal T Music

Jeff Prince was right about me and instrumentals... (c) 2009 Royal T Music

I suppose we've all known a bossy girl. They don't age well. OKAY "You stand here and you sit there and you will be my friend, Okay? You hold hands and you lie down and, you just wait for me, okay?" Well, it was cute when she was three…

Something just broke and I think it’s my heart It wasn’t an arrow. It wasn’t a dart. And it mighta been a meteor that blew it apart. (A heavenly body) Something just broke and I think it’s my heart Something just broke and I think it…

THE SEASONS OF THE HEART The Seasons of the Heart, they come and go Like the winter wheat that weathers snow You and I will learn to fly. Never let the music fade and die And, if the seasons stopped turning We'd all wish for Winter…

TETHER BALL I'm justa lonely tether ball hanging on a pole I've been around and I've see it all And it all gets really old Just a lonely tether ball Tired of taking my licks I've been beat up and I've been beat down Watching' you gettin…

THE FINAL WORD One night James Michael went to bed and held on to this girl And in the morning light he found that it was another world Realities envisioned seemed to challenge status quo And every time he would say, “Yes.” the world, it…

THE GATHERING "...and I was lead to the mountain top, and I beheld the valley beneath me. And the angels were below me and the sky above. And I was shining. The lightning was in my blood and the thunder was in my fist. "These can be yours…

The Map Is Getting Smaller The map is getting smaller The houses disappear The streets I used to play in Have all disappeared The map is getting smaller The high ways far and near The road that went to Gramma's house I watched it disappear…

Off the coast of California where the dolphins jump the waves We stood and watched them from the cliffs above Until the sunlight went away Then we slept in the ancient shadows underneath the redwood trees…

If I'm not mistaken this is my first Mozart piece. © 2009 Royal T Music

Another popular attraction at the theme park. They just love the kiddies to death...literally.

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