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…

SWEET YOUNG THING He lays out a freshly pressed Arrow Clean socks and his new underwear He brushes his teeth with tooth paste There's a charge in the air He thinks about that Sweet Young Thing And how she trembled, the night before He…

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…

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

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…

CRY, CRY CRISTI Cristi reads books about radio She sits the children of light Had a child of her own once down in Mexico Now, her body's a dead end at night Cry. Cry, Cristi Tho she left, she's hardly gone I find so much of her still…

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…