This is my Katrina song. THE NEW NEW ORLEANS WALTZ There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a boy And Lord knows I am one Storms may come and storms may go But the sun will always shine Unless…

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

Peggy left in the winter of 2007. Seems like yesterday. I dream of her so often it seems that she is still around here somewhere. When Peggy comes home I’ll have the dishes put away The floors will be swept and all the bills will be paid…

This is a guitar idea our friend Doug worked up for one of our Christmas songs. I'm posting it in case Amy gets a chance to listen from work. Hopefully we'll record a new, full version before Christmas!

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

Fun little remix

rock song

70's mix if you can sing like Greg Lake please contact me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

DnB mix if you can sing like Greg Lake please contact me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

I love Paul Baribeau

Andrew Jackson Jihad ftw!

We ALL require meaning in our lives......

THE HAND OF GOD I wrote this for a movie Keith Kjornes and I were making. I don't remember the name of it. I was trying to write a song as bad as the movie. I think I succeeded. The hand of god reached down and made Adam He said…

(c) 2000 Royal T Music

PRETTY THING She hears the termites in the wall while he's sleeping He can't even hear the phone from outside She smells the cigarette from neighbors out smoking He's got a nose but best she figures it died She likes the bed made up but…

(c) 2000 Royal T Music

AFTER WE'RE BROKEN After we're broken we will turn from a fight Ask what it pays and not if it's right Reaching for balance while falling from grace Fall from the light without losing our face After we're broken we know it's too late…

(c) 2000 Royal T Music

There was a movie Peggy and I were doing the location sound over in east Dallas: THE HOLDINGS OF THE HEART. If I remember right they put this song in the movie. THE HOLDINGS OF THE HEART - in C The heart can hold a lot of things: the sunshine…

(c) 2000 Royal T Music

GRAMMA’S SHAMPOO Capo @ 3 Key Bm Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7 GRAMMA’S SHAMPOO is washing my hair G D C Bm7 And I hope it will notice that…

THE LAST TIME The last time we said good-bye I didn't even look her in the eye The last time I kissed her mouth I didn't even think about Some day I'd have to do without If I never see her again I don't know why If I ever see her again…

The Brighter Candle The brighter candle knows the truth In golden glow of brightest sun And knows there’s no eternal youth The brighter candle So many, walking, go nowhere On bikes and skates with silver hair It’s like a dream she once…

(c) 2000 Royal T Music

OUT THERE SOMEWHERE Her eyes were blurry. Her face was painted Her hair was dyed black. Her purse was heavy She said something. I asked her to repeat it She said, “Stop the car. I thot I could trust you.” I pulled it over and I waited…

The Fading Yellow Ribbon - A A There’s a fading yellow ribbon around the oak tree in the yard Each day they walk out to the mail box but even walking’s getting hard And they’re looking for a letter that they fear will not arrive It…

TRAIL OF TEARS Am Bm/A C/A Am C/A Bm (3) E A CHORUS - Well, the trees don’t grow And the grass don’t grow…

(c) 2007 Royal T Music

CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART Dear Mom and Dad, I know you worry. I'll bet you're tired But, I know you're thinking of me Your letters keep me inspired When the Time comes and I can't leave Sand in my boots. Sores on my feet I'll stand the…

PAGAN MAN Pagan man in a pagan land You need britches britches Sell 'em to the Indian Trade 'em to the Indian Dump 'em on the Indian Pagan man in a pagan land You need horses, horses Sell 'em to the Indian Trade 'em to the Indian…

The Winnowing Wind I feel the wind blow thru me Oh, please don't let it undo me Let it level and true me The Wind. The Winnowing Wind And here I stand, alone, against the wind, And, who am I to think that I Can stand alone against the…

YOU - capo 2 G DCG There's a place in my (GG.G)mind Where your face had a home Long before you walked into my life Before you were a (D)known There's (C)note in my (GG.G)song That I knew fit somewhere Tho…

SHOES During the Iraq war there was a traveling exhibit: On a mall they would line up pairs of boots. One pair for each American soldier killed in Iraq. (c) 2006 Royal T Music

TESLA Who invented remote control? TESLA Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA Who invented the radio? TESLA And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA So, you say now, “Don’t be angry.” And you say, “Just tell the story…

ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C C F C Morning sun shies thru the curtains C G C Throwing shadows on her face C F C I…

THERE IS A LOVE There is a love that withers. There is a love that fades The kind of love that makes you wanna hide behind the door Pull down all the shades There is a love that makes me wanna tell you About how good I feel There is a…

TEENAGERS ARE STUPID Teenagers are stupid At least I was All the silly things we'd say Silly, silly things "Everyone is doing it." It's a wonder we lived to be this old Teenagers are stupid Teenagers are stupid What a hoot How can…

SONG OF THE CIRCLING MOON We live on the shore of a mighty sea Where the current is strong and nothing is free The water is cool at the warmest noon And the tides are ruled by a circling moon We live on the edge of eternity With our minds…