WHEN When I was with you The earth was round. The sky was blue. When I was with you. The deed was done. Each day was new. When I was with you The lost was found. The blind could see When I was with you The lame could walk. The river…

New York Times, in an article today "Hamburgers in Paris!" Its on the front page Everybody wants it. McDonalds in Paris Everybody wants it Has the taste of the forbidden. Illicit and subversive. You can print it out. You can write it cursive…

by James Michael Taylor I have a brain that I must keep busy I have a heart with too many hurts And I have a house with too many memories My life is broken but somehow it still works And I have a dream that wakes me up crying I feel…

Yeah, I know it goes on too long but I put it at the end of the Cd so if I'm not asleep by then it does the job. And I totally understand if you think it doesn't make any sense and I ought to have left it off the CD. COLORS Spread…

This is called "My Life Will Never Be the Same" because that is what I knew the moment Peggy said to me, "I told Doug, two days ago, that I am leaving you." It gives me chills just typing the words and that was four years ago. (C) 2011 Royal…

PEGGY'S GONE Capo @ 3 in C C G Peggy's gone, after twenty nine years Am F Three grown children. What…

EVEN Even if they brought you back to me paralyzed and blank Dumped you on the porch and left the bill still owing at the bank Even if you didn't know my face, couldn't speak my name You and I have traveled much too far to still be…

(C) 2011 Royal T Music

Written one morning at OLD Number NINE weekend with Eliza Gilkyson. SNAPSHOTS Life's a million snapshots, all lined and flashing It seem like a movie but it's the persistence of our vision It all goes in circles, hashing and rehashing…

This is a Rick Babb song. Hey! What's that sound You're not around The silence makes me see Just what you meant to me It's quiet tonight Ah, you're not coming back You drove away I watched you pack I can't hear a thing But the sound…

Ellamy Tiller on drums.

This was my dad's favorite song of mine about thirty years ago. Maybe it was because he just liked to hear me sing s positive song for a change. (C) 2011 Royal T Music

When this happened I couldn't get home before I had the song half written. What a lonely feeling. NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Key of G G Em There’s a bird in the gutter that…

THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE - capo @ 4 in C Well, I watched you play a crowd out in West Memphis And I’ve seen you play the trout at Timberline So, the next time you’re in town you must come around (So, if you're out my way on any given…

I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S GONE Key - G She's been gone for three years now Three years since she walked out Friends and folks I work with Ask me what it's all about Tho I can't find an answer As the days drag on and on My heart is damn near…

Written back in 1969 when Barbara and I were visiting friends of friends in Tulsa. TULSA When the sun has gone down And the storm has passed over Tulsa And the ponds are refilling The people rest easy in Tulsa I know 'cause I've been…

Brianna Pannell on backup vocals.

Ellamy Tiller on the piano and drums.