PAGAN MAN Pagan man in a pagan land You need britches britches Sell 'em to the Indian Trade 'em to the Indian Dump 'em on the Indian Pagan man in a pagan land You need horses, horses Sell 'em to the Indian Trade 'em to the Indian…

(c) 2007 Royal T Music

YOU - capo 2 G DCG There's a place in my (GG.G)mind Where your face had a home Long before you walked into my life Before you were a (D)known There's (C)note in my (GG.G)song That I knew fit somewhere Tho…

SHOES During the Iraq war there was a traveling exhibit: On a mall they would line up pairs of boots. One pair for each American soldier killed in Iraq. (c) 2006 Royal T Music

This is from a poem by Cindy Sheehan's daughter, who's name I will include here when I remember it. It's her response to losing her brother in the Iraq war. A much publicised death. I think her name is Carlie. A NATION ROCKED TO SLEEP Have…

KAMP KERR Well, I ain't no hero. I'm just trying to survive Me and Cindy, we just staying alive We got a hurt in our heart and a tear in our eye But, we ain't heroes There's a small-town constable, he likes to play cop So he bought a…

TESLA Who invented remote control? TESLA Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA Who invented the radio? TESLA And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA So, you say now, “Don’t be angry.” And you say, “Just tell the story…

When I wrote this I thought the idea was pretty far-fetched. Little did I know... I started this song in Nashville. I was hanging out with Lisa Aschmann. She was going to tell me a melody for it but that never happened so I took the…

ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C C F C Morning sun shies thru the curtains C G C Throwing shadows on her face C F C I…

JESSE I never met Jesse, but I heard her howl in the night And I heard her pup yelping for whatever they help for She was strong and she was there in the Texas night Out on the prairie between Alvarado and Lillian You could hear them, singing…

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH We don't know much... We could be sad and not know why We could say we're happy and know that it's a lie We could say we're finished and start right up again We could sware we're losin' and turn around and win We could…

PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA 1951 Palmdale, California 1951. Pretty yellow chickens hatching in the sun Fertilizer spreader flings its fecal load. I climb up to watch in the trees along the road. Little chickens, running, pecking, darting, so…

THERE IS A LOVE There is a love that withers. There is a love that fades The kind of love that makes you wanna hide behind the door Pull down all the shades There is a love that makes me wanna tell you About how good I feel There is a…

TEENAGERS ARE STUPID Teenagers are stupid At least I was All the silly things we'd say Silly, silly things "Everyone is doing it." It's a wonder we lived to be this old Teenagers are stupid Teenagers are stupid What a hoot How can…

SONG OF THE CIRCLING MOON We live on the shore of a mighty sea Where the current is strong and nothing is free The water is cool at the warmest noon And the tides are ruled by a circling moon We live on the edge of eternity With our minds…

SLOOP JOHN B - REVISITED My 9/11 song Come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me Blindly sailing. Hopes are failing. Storm hangs o're the sea Guns a-blazing! Blaze amazing. Pants down around my feet Captain, he got drunk. Just sits…

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SHE DIDN'T KNOW Her flame wasn't orange. It was white. The kind you can't see at the noon day bright. Not the fickle flicker of a candle light But a point miles off on a moonless night She didn't know she was beautiful Nobody told her…

DENIAL SANATA Denial's not a river in Egypt. Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is. The Nile is a river in Egypt Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is Put your feet in the water Put your head in the sand Put your hands in your pockets Try to clap for…

ACID TEARS As the hours turn into days and the weeks turn into years I am happy, but I'm always close to tears Surely as the love that we share will last forever Our bodies will die and our love will go on And tho the thot that love will…