WHERE Where will I spend the rest of our life? Where will I live our tomorrow Our only hope springs from within your sorrow And if I thot your pain could be bought I'd start saving today for tomorrow Where, where Our only hope springs…

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…

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…

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…

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…

PEGGY’S GONE Capo @ 5 Key C C G PEGGY’S GONE after twenty nine years Am F Three grown children. What am I doing…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

I sang this live few times until it became clear that it was a joke to the audience and less and less so for me. Actually a song expressing my deepest anguish. LIFE GOES ON Key C C F When…

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…

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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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…

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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I asked my love's boyfriend to take a walk... (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…

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

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

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(C) 2008 Royal T Music

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…

JEREMY'S DAUGHTER - Am Last night I had a dream so real. A dream inside my dream. I fell asleep in the dream inside my dream And in my dream I saw a face This dream inside my dream I saw a face inside the dream inside my dream Whose…

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…

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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(C) 2008 Royal T Music

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…

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

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…

Performed by Blue Harmony at Rendezvous

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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.

Teaching Selah how to milk a cow... (C) 2008 Royal T Music

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…

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…

A loop I wrote for a friend

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

"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…

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…