CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…

ASA I met a man named Asa today Sweeping an apartment hall way A washer of windows. A painter of walls He moves when the manager calls I was in San Francisco. Visiting with a friend I was at the door, about to walk in Saw this fella…

CHILD OF MY RESTLESS DREAMS I saw Annah last night When she rose to hug me I saw that she was with child I saw Annah last night And she looked so happy I had to stay for a while Should I be happy Or should I morn another stranded soul…

The banjo, bass and guitar on this song was played by Michael Jeffrey. This is one song off the record we did together back in 1975/6 on his 4 track machine. Michael and Barbara Anne Taylor sing harmony. I LIVE WITH REBECCA I live with…

SHE DOESN'T THINK WE CAN MAKE IT She doesn't think we can make it She doesn't think you can take it She'll do what she can to break it If she can't have me, she'd rather see me alone She asked me into her mind, and She knew the things…

Key of G G C G C G I'd be glad to let you love me C if you'll just hold me for a while D You could take your time and linger C G I…

When I wrote this, 50 years ago, I was afraid it would seem like nothing happened. BALI HI Bali Hi, at 6th and Broadway Just a little place where people go To have a quiet drink, Listen to the band and think. Maybe meet a friend…

I'M AN EAGLE I'm an eagle I'm an arrow I'm a falcon I'm a sparrow ...and I feel the wind crossing my feathers in the morning Flying high above the fields. Swoop down without a warning I'm an eagle I'm an arrow I'm a falcon I'm…

This is my adaptation of a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. "I always felt that it was fitting that you turned the poem I wrote into a poignant hymn that captured the feeling of loss of a loved one. My words sprang from my attempts to understand…

HUNGRY EYE He goes down to a honky tonk to see the people there He'll pick him out an angel and he'll stare But it does not really matter if she is alone It's not his thot to take the lady home Hungry eyes. Hungry eyes. He's just come…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

A CASTLE IN THE SAND (C) 2007 Royal T Music

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…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

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…

I CAN'T GO TO WORK TODAY I can't go to work today I can't face the men I can't go back to work today I'm never going back again... (...and I didn't.) (C) 2007 Royal T Music When Peggy told me she was leaving me for Doug Kirk, the…