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…

Peggy taught me an Eagles song toward the end off our life together. I think it was NEW BOY IN TOWN. (I had no idea what she was telling me.) I took the chord progression from that song and wrote this. Peggy said that was cheating. WATERMELON…

LAMENT FOR WILD BILL in C - Capo @ 3 The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry. Young Jack McCall sat awake in his cell, alone and quiet…

THE WALLET OUTLASTED THE LADY I was 20. She was 15 I was her prince. She was my queen We shared our dreams Yeah, we shared 'em all We shared the large We shared the small It must have been the Christmas of 1963. She took a $10 bill…

All the things I didn't say All the things I didn't do All the times I didn't take the time to tell you All the times we didn't share All the things we didn't see All the times I let you do your thing And you, me There's only today…

IF I HAD A LADY LIKE THAT If I had a lady like that I wouldn't take her to the General Store If I had a lady like that I wouldn't go there any more If I had a lady like that I'd take her to some high-class joint Buy her some candle light…

I never sing this song the same two times in a row. The lyric below is pretty close to how I sing it now. Listening again, this is an awful version of this song... I have my recording machine working again...I must redo this. I PLAY C…

This song is akin to REMEMBERING BABE. Another night to Keren's. Almost got caught by the cops. Saw 'em coming so Babe and I hid in the olive orchard until they turned off the spot light and left. THEN, I did what came to be called my Night Ride…

Saw a black man on TV one night. His name was John Ferguson. This is his story. He's not a songwriter. DAMNED IF I DO - G I got thrown in jail for killing a guy Then I went crazy, waiting to die So, now they can't kill me Because I'm…

Kozy West Emily had more regrets than she could ever count She got to feeling crowded so she moved outta town She bought herself a trailer park she called The Cozy West Tried to forget about the past. Just be open to the best...open To…

This is, actually, the instrumental version of I Play C and THEN comes SNAPSHOTS, which was written one morning at a campground between Comfort and Welfare, Texas called OLD NUMBER NINE Depot. It was a weekend songwriter retreat with Liza Gilkyson…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

A Cloudy Day For Sunny Am Am G They joke and they laugh and they smile and they Am sneer Am G They say things like, "I love you," for…

the source for the longer stretched version of this. no video yet but more mixing..

OH, SCARLETT (capo @ 3 in C positions) If I was a stream I'd flow so free and hope that you would drink of me If I were a cloud and you were the sky I'd savor you as I float by Oh, Scarlett, eyes so bright Oh, Scarlett, hold me tight…

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

capo @ 4 Am - 3/4 time (starts on A) Am G Am G Am Last night I said Good bye to Rose but long ago I learned. The things that last we seldom know and think a bridge is burned. Bb…

THE DENA WIND The winds, they blow down thru the canyon 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 in the wind Fire is in the wind of my life Questions in…