James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American United States singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro Carrboro, North Carolina , North Carolina. He owns a home in the Town of Washington, Massachusetts in Berkshire County . A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
Taylor achieved his major breakthrough in 1970 with the #3 single... [read more] - Believe It Or Not
Believe it or not, I've been waiting for you to come through, love of my life.Believe it or not, I've been waiting for you to come through, love of my life.And though the hour grew later and later, I would hold on for...
- Hard Times
We've seen some hard times, hard times, Holding it together ain't always easy.An angry man, hungry woman, They're driving each other crazy.It's so low down, show down, There's nothing else safe to say.Baby's on the...
- Her Town Too
She's been afraid to go out. She's afraid of the knock on her door.There's always a shade of a doubt. She can never be sure.Who comes to call? Maybe the friend of a friend of a friend, Anyone at all.Anything but...
- Hour That The Morning Comes
Mama makes the music and she makes the news, She dances all night in her golden shoes.She's high flying, going, going, gone.She'll be halfway to Heaven by the hour That the morning comes.And papa's knocked out with...
- I Will Follow
Yonder mountain so high, I can't make it all on my own, no.Rolling river, why so wide? To sweep me up and to bear me on,Up against the sky so bright That I can't even close my eyes.I know I will follow, follow love,...
- London Town
I do believe, I must believe, I think I can begin again.Become again the man I was back when.So I'm walking on your streets again, Feeling now as I did then,I've since become a different man.London Town, turn be...
- Only For Me
Down the end of this barroom, Out of sight of the light in the window.His mind in his whiskey And his body in a folding chair, Far beyond repair.I enter his vision, He watches me look for my seat.He makes his decision...
- Stand And Fight
Lonely hearted hunter, don't say nothing. The hunger and the hurt got only one law.Never mind your words, unseen, unheard, unsung, undone. Ain't but one place left to run.Stand up, stand and fight.Undercover creature...
- Sugar Trade
Now back when this earth Was a silver blue jewelAnd back when your grandfather's Father was young,Men of these shores Made and gave up their lives Pulling up fish from the sea.While down in the African slavery trade,...
- Summer's Here
Summer's here, I'm for that. Got my rubber sandals, got my straw hat.Got my cold beer, I'm just glad that I'm here.Summer's here, that suits me fine. It may rain today but I don't mind.It's my favorite time of the...
- That Lonesome Road
Walk down that lonesome road All by yourselfDon't turn your head Back over your shoulderAnd only stop to rest yourself When the silver moonIs shining high above the treesIf I had stopped to listen once or twiceIf I...
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