(C) 2008 Royal T Music

(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

(C) 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…

2008 ROYAL T MUSIC

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…

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.

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…

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…

(C) 2008 Royal T music

Special Guest covering I'd Love to Change the World

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…

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

Cover of Carpenter, by Frank Hackney

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…

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

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…

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…

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…

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…

Cover of a 19th century minstrel tune attributed to S.S. Steele, popularize by the late great John Hartford. This is my own arrangement. I use it as a backing track for alive set without the banjo and lead vocal tracks. BTW- that banjo is an…

Who should turn up this evening down the cellar but Frank so Jango and Reg put this one together for him hope you enjoy........

A blues song based on actual events

Please enjoy the music while your party's being reached

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

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…

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…

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…

OH JIMMY capo @ 4 or 5 live C Am F G On page thirty of the yearbook he found a picture sweet A girl named Marie Angel, in school right down the street Dm walk down G He didn’t notice…

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…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…