PROLOG I was born in California. I was raised in California. To me, the world was California. Evrything else was some strange place. One place I knew about was Tennessee, where my mom grew up. I heard stories about her dad being a miner…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

THAT CLOSE TO CRYING - a Waltz in G I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time. Just the mention of TOGETHER AGAIN and I cross that line But lately I'm learning to act/look like I'm fine But, I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time I'm THAT…

About "If I'd Been A Lutheran *" Dodie told me not to use her real name. C Csus C Csus C Csus C If I had been a Lutheran I might have married Csus Dodie Harris…

(c) 2006 Royal T Music

ADOLESCENT ANGEL - capo @ 6 in C Morning sun shies thru the curtains Throwing shadows on her face I completely lose my bearings Lose my sense of Time and Space Has an adolescent angel Come to sleep here in her place? Morning sun shines…

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…

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…

PEGGY’S GONE Capo @ 5 Key C C G PEGGY’S GONE after twenty nine years Am F Three grown children. What am I doing…