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…

Cover of Double Trouble by Pat Kavenaugh.

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…

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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…