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] - 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Line 'Em Up
I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 And the final scene at the White House doorAnd the staff lined up to say good-bye, Tiny tear in his shifty little eye,He said, "nobody knows me, nobody understands.These little...
- Jump Up Behind Me
This land is a lovely green, It reminds me of my own home.Such children I've seldom seen, Even in my own home.The sky is so bright and clean, Just like my home.Kind people as have ever been, Won't you take me back to...
- Miracles
I don't believe in miracles And they happen every day I don't believe in Jesus But I'm praying anyway I want to accept the truth, I really do I believe, I'm just afraid of losing you I read it in the paper And I've...
- Endless
In the cold of the full moon On this night Time itself it slips away Now you are mine Slowly hours pass All through the night Together we can disappear For a while I am still Forever and ever and ever Now I am still...
- 21 Days
When are you going To tell us it's over How long will you keep us Hanging on your hook You have us all by the short and curlysReading us all like a book Building a tower of fear by the river Building it up Build it up...
- Insoluble
I scattered pictures On the bedroom floor I should have told you So many times before I should have listened When you were mine It could be too late I've already crossed the line My angel When you are whispering in my...
- Annan Waters
Oh Annan Water's wondrous deepAnd my love Ann is wondrous bonnieI'm loathe that she should wet her feetBecause I love her best of any.Go saddle for me the bonny grey mareGo saddle her and make her ready.For I must...
- Hangnail
Oh money, oh money, oh where have you gone?I need me some money to have me some fun.Gonna pick up my guitar and write me some hits,build me some houses and blow 'em to bits.Gonna furnish them boldly with style and...
- Another Day
Wake up Suzy, put your shoes on, Walk with me into this light, oh,Finally this morning, I'm feeling whole again, It was a hell of a night.Just to be with you by my side, Just to have you near in my sight.Just to walk...
- A Rose In April
Oh can I go to my love's sideOh let me go this day,Please let me go to my love's side,Oh mother, don't make me stay.I was a rose in AprilAnd still a rose in JuneI fear that come the winter,I shall no longer bloomOh...
- A Little Lie
That time has passed Some things that never really last We've come undone To me you'll always be the one Calm down people It's just a little lie You know it doesn't mean nothing And I realize you could be right Calm...
- Sir Eglamore
Sir Eglamore was a valiant knight,fa la lanky down dilly,He took up his sword and he went to fight,fa la lanky down dilly.As he rode o'er hill and dale,All armored in a coat of mail,Fa la la-n-fa, da-n-da da-n-fa,...
- As I Roved Out
As I roved out one fine May morning,To view the meadows and flowers***,Who should I spy, but my own true loverAs she sat by yon willow tree.I took off my hat and I did salute her,I did salute her most courageously.As...
- Saw Something
After the storm Had passed I wondered how long The break in the clouds would last I saw something in your eyes I'm sure (Oh baby) I saw it Something in your eyes I wanted it for myself I sit and I wait And I stare...
- Boatman
Hearts were exploding around us As we drifted south down the bay.The gray up above and gray down below Left us with nothing to say.So we drifted along in silence Till the tickle of life trickled in.And the rhythm...
- Yellow And Rose
Yellow and rose, yellow and rose, yellow and rose.Oh boy, Botany Bay, watching the water go by.Here's your home so far away, Here is a tear for your eye.Here is a vast and unknown land, Here are the strangers on the...
- Deeper & Deeper
I want your love I'm gonna have you When I want to I'm gonna take you That's what I like I'm going down now Deeper and deeper Under your skin now You know that it's right I want to love you I want your love I want to...
- Kingdom
Can you feel me coming? Open the door, it's only me I have that desperate feeling And trouble is were I'm going to be I know you hear me knocking So open the door and set me free If there's a kingdom beyond it all Is...
- Enough To Be On Your Way
So the sun shines on his funeral Just the same as on a birth,The way it shines on everything That happens here on Earth.It rolls across the western sky And back into the seaAnd spends the day's last rays upon This...
- Use You
It's killing me To be in this room I've gotta get out I've gotta get out soon I'm hurting you With everything I do It's too long Too long in this place We're counting down Only seconds now I gotta hang on Hang on to...
- Down
I need some company I need you tonight You don't have to talk to me And don't be polite Take my body and soul I feel so old Down On the ground There's no one around And the snow is falling Down On the ground It's...
- Drowned Lovers
Willie sits in his stable door,and he's combing his coal black steed.He's doubting on fair Margaret's love,and his heart begins to bleed."Give corn unto my horse, mother,and meat to my man, john,And I'll away to fair...
- Gaia
The sky was light and the land all dark, The sun rose up over Central Park.I was walking home from work, Gaia.The petal sky and the rosy dawn, The world turning on the burning sun.Sacred wet green one we live on,...
- Jolly Ploughboys
It was early one morning at the break of the dayThe farmer came to us, and this he did say,Come rise up my fellows with the best of good will,Your horses need something their bellies to fillWhen four o'colock comes,...
- Ananas
Je t'aime encore means I love you still, C'est pour toujours means I always will.Tu me manquais trop means I missed you much, Je fait ce qu'il faut means I'll do what I must.Me voici a ta fenetre tous les gens me...
- Little More Time With You
Gotta watchdog watching me, doggy, Watching me packing my bags.He knows I'm leaving town, I can see that it's a drag.Why leave the life I love here In the great state of MaineJust to ride that shining rail, Just to...
- Walking My Baby Back Home
Gee it's great after staying out late, Walking my baby back home.Arm in arm, over meadow and farm, Walking my baby back home.We go on harmonizing a song Or she's reciting a poem,Owls fly by and they give me the eye,...
- Up Er Mei
We were walking in paradise, never did notice. Blind in the Buddha land, looking for solace.We had been told of a place, Far beyond this vale of tears.We could never have guessed, We were already blessed.There we...
- Up From Your Life
So much for your moment of prayer, God's not at home there is no there, there.Lost in the stars, that's what you are, Left here on your own.You can only hope to live on this earth, This here is it, for all it's...
- Sarah Maria
Well the moon is in the ocean And the stars are in the sky.And all that I can see Is my sweet Maria's eyes.Sarah, Sarah Maria. Sarah Maria, ya, ya, ya, ya.Well, you know about the sugar cane That comes from way down...
- I Was A Fool To Care
I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,But I don't care even If I was a foolI'm still in love with you.Had I listened to the grapevine, I might have had my doubts.But I did my level best Just...
- Gorilla
He's got arms like legs, he's got hands on his feet.He's got a nose like a doughnut, got a tendency to overeat.He don't use tools or weapons, he don't eat meat.He likes to stick to the bushes, tends to avoid the...
- Music
Things may always stay the way they are,Still my head looks for a change From time to time.I don't really mean to look that far Turn on the music, strike up the music, Let the music change my mind.Now don't I dig the...
- Lighthouse
Off the coast of Africa, Bound for South America, A world away from hereIs a ship that sails the sea, Is a man who's just like me And I wish that I was there.I'm a lonely lighthouse, Not a ship out in the night. I'm...
- Love Songs
She doesn't know what she's done, Little one doesn't know when to stop.Love must find her, love must find her away.She doesn't know what he's thinking, She only knows how he behaves,Love must find him, love must find...
- Angry Blues
I can't help it if I don't feel so good. I can't help it if I don't feel so good.If I had my way, I'd be sitting on the top of the world. I can't help it if I don't feel so good.When the anger comes in And there's no...
- You Make It Easy
Gosh almighty baby, yes, indeed. You supply the satisfy and I'll supply the need.I can't help the way I feel though I know just where it leads,You make it easy, yes you do, For a man to fall, for a man to fall.Heaven...
- The Intro And The Outro
Hi there, nice to be with you, glad you could stick around. Like to introduce `Legs' Larry Smith, drums And Sam Spoons, rhythm pole And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar And Neil Innes, piano. Come in Rodney...
- Wandering
I've been wandering early and late From New York City to the Golden Gate,And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering.My daddy was an engineer, My brother drives a ***,My sister takes in laundry While the baby...
- Baby Boom Baby
Somehow the season always brings A picture of you, baby boom baby.Holding on for everything You figured you're due, little turtleneck girl.The moon on your shoulder, The wind in your lovely hair, oh what a night.We...
- Sweet Potato Pie
Oh Lord I feel fine today, I'm walking on cloud nine today.I'm over that line today, Happiness is finally mine today.I guess I'm just a lucky guy And I'm prepared to tell you why.It's strictly on account Of my Sweet...
- First Of May
And the light between us Which we could not quite extinguish, Which we see at dawn burns on.First day of May, things are beginning, Our side is winning, hip hip hooray.Made in the shade, deep in the shadow, Down by...
- Sun On The Moon
In line, in line, it's all in line, My ducks are all in a row.They do not change, they do not move, They have nowhere to go.I've been talking to a friend of mine, He says making money's just a waste of time.He's a...
- Home By Another Way
Those magic men the Magi, some people call them wise or Oriental, even kings.Well anyway, those guys, they visited with Jesus, they sure enjoyed their stay.Then warned in a dream of King Herod's scheme, they went home...
- Runaway Boy
Fetch down the fiddle, rosin up the bow, don't play me nothing on the radio.Don't make me remember the Alamo, I'm feeling like a little bit of Cotton Eyed Joe.No raging Cajun crawfish stew, fat batter coming in a...
- Letter In The Mail
If I could go down now while the whole town is sleeping, see the sun creeping up on the hill,I know the river and the railroad would run through the valley still.I guess it never was much to look at, just a one-horse...
- Valentine's Day
Beneath the tide the fishes glide, Fin to fin and side to side.For fishy love has now begun, Fishy love, finny fun.Paper moon, paper heart, pink balloon, Work of art. Al Capone, Bugs Moran, Valentine's Day.Bootleg...
- T-Bone
Me and T-Bone on the road to town, It's like I'm walking with a talking machine.Just as soon as he thinks of something else, He won't wait to interrupt himself.Must be something that he can't quite say, He just...
- Long Ago And Far Away
Long ago, a young man sits And plays his waiting game.But things are not the same It seems as in such tender dreams.Slowly passing sailing ships And Sunday afternoon.Like people on the moon I see are things not meant...
- Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again
Late last night so far away, I dreamed myself a dream,Well, I dreamed I as so all alone Isn't it nice to be home again?I said welcome home, Didn't we miss your smiling face?Well the sun was nice in L.A., Sunshine,...
- Machine Gun Kelly
I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly He rode along the outlaw trail.Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man But the woman was as hard as hell.Watch out Machine Gun, Don't let her run you round.Don't let the woman put you...
- Highway Song
Father, let us build a boat and sail away, there's nothing for you here.And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea. It's been done before.I'm thinking about a broken heart, I'm talking 'bout the break of...
- Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
Hey mister, that's me up on the jukebox. I'm the one that's singing this sad song.Well, I'll cry every time That you slip in one more dimeAnd let the boy sing the sad song one, One more time.Southern California,...
- Riding On A Railroad
We are riding on a railroad, Singing some else's song.Forever standing by that crossroad, Take a side and step along.We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you and me can meet again.We are riding on a...
- You Can Close Your Eyes
Well the sun is surely sinking down, But the moon is slowly rising.So this old world must still Be spinning round And I still love you.So close your eyes, You can close your eyes, it's all right.I don't know no love...
- Places In My Past
There are ladies in my life, Lovely ladies in these lazy days.And though I never took a wife, May I say that I have loved me one or two.Of the people in my past, fading faces In a waking dream,And though they never...
- Let Me Ride
Hand me down my golden crown And let me ride, don't deny The highway in my soul.Jump and sing that silver thing That I feel inside, Hallelujah, Let that big wheel roll.It's time to give me Just a little bit of old...
- Soldiers
It was just after sunrise And down by the sea,Down on the sand flats Where nothing will grow,Come drumming and footsteps Like out of a dreamWhere the golden green waters come in.Just nine lucky soldiers Had come...
- Love Has Brought Me Around
Don't come to me with your sorrows anymore.I don't need to know how bad you're feeling today.I declare I've had my share And I've heard it all before.It's time for me to be stealing away.Let those rain clouds roll out...
- Mud Slide Slim
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. Oh, Mud Slide, I'm dependent on you.I don't know but I've been told, There's a time from time to time.I can't eat, I can't sleep But I just might move my feet.Cause there's nothing...
- Daddy's All Gone
I don't have much to say. Thought I'd call you up anyway.Just to try to show you the way that I feel today, oh, I miss you, baby.I sure am on the road. I don't need to say much more.Just the same old well-known...
- Captain Jim's Drunken Dream
Well you country fools in your one horse town, you can laugh at me.It's plain as rain that you've never been down to the southern sea.To see me now is like watching a fish on dry land.I only wish you could see me down...
- Slow Burning Love
It was a hot and sultry day somewhere in early September.I don't hardly remember the day, just the way the sun beat down upon the bay, baby.I did not even need to know your name,it was, oh, so plain to see that you...
- Golden Moments
Now if all my golden moments could be rolled into one,They would shine just like the sun for a summer day.And after it was over, we could have it back again.With credit to the editor for striking out the rain very...
- Everybody Has The Blues
Poor puppy, you look so sad, I guess you think that no one ever felt so bad before.Everybody has the blues, everybody has the blues.Everybody knows the way that you feel today.Everybody gets to sit and cry, everybody...
- Family Man
Woah, Jocko, don't expect me To come out drinking, messing around.Spending my time with a bunch of crazy people.Yes, I been there before, I don't need to go back no more.I'm just a family man, like it or not, I am a...
- Money Machine
When I was just a child, my life was, Oh, so simple.And the ways of the great world Seemed strange and funny.Then when I was a young man, I learned of that machineThat turns out all those bails of precious...
- Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down
Don't be sad 'cause your sun is down, you can rise above it.Don't be sad 'cause you're on your own, you have to learn to love it.Don't be sad 'cause your sun is down, you're gonna find your way.Don't be sad 'cause...
- Woman's Gotta Have It
Once upon a time a good friend of mine told me to tell y'all what I say today.Do the things that keep a smile on her face, say the words that make her feel better every day.You bet you better keep on you P's and Q's....
- A Junkie's Lament
Ricky's been kicking the gong, lickity-split, didn't take too long.A junkie's sick, a monkey's strong, that's what's wrong.Well, I guess he's been messing around downtown, so sad to see the man losing ground.Winding...
- Nothing Like A Hundred Miles
I have tried to forget about you and all the plans that we had planned.Yes, and I'm bound to leave this town, I don't care where I may land.If what they're telling me is true, you have found somebody new to love...
- Mona
Life's good, friends are hard to find and now one of mine is dead.And things I should have said to her, I shall say to you instead.Mona, Mona, so much of you to love, too much of you to take care of, Mona, Mona.You...
- That's Why I'm Here
Written by James TaylorPerson to person And man to manI'm back in touch With my long lost friendListen to reason and understand And think of me from way back whenHe said, me and Melissa Well, we fell out of love We...
- Going Around One More Time
My heart had been broken and I couldn't take no more.I shuttered up my windows and I bolted tight my door.Then I took one look at you and I nearly lost my mind.Now I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going...
- Turn Away
I open my arms to hold you, you turn away you turn away.I feel it just like I told you, how can you turn away?The things that we said last Saturday night, you turn away you turn away,now you want to throw that away,...
- My Romance
My romance doesn't need to have a moon in the sky.My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by.No month of May, no shining star, no hideaway, no soft guitar.My romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spainnor a...
- Only One
You are my only one, you are my only one. Well I'm telling you now, you're my only one.I've got two long legs like to carry me, Two sharp eyes to look for the fight.Two strong arms to hold on tight, Two good friends...
- Limousine Driver
Limousine driver, big Cadillac car, Rich and famous no matter who you are you are.I seen a rock n roll rider, I seen a cinema star.Won't you to roll down the road, Roll down the road, roll down the, Roll down the road...
- Song For You Far Away
People around me are at it again. God only knows how they do it.One to another then back again, Something keeps putting them through it.Me, I've been watching more than fifteen years And it hasn't changed a bit.People...
- Only A Dream In Rio
More than a distant land over a shining sea.More than the steaming green. More than the shining eyes.Well they tell me it's only a dream in Rio.Nothing could be as sweet as it seems On this very first day down.They...
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
When Liberty Valance came to town, The women folk would hide, they'd hide.When Liberty Valance walked around, The men would step asideBecause the point of a gun Was the only law that Liberty understood.When it came to...
- Everyday
Everyday, it's getting closer, Going faster than a roller coaster.A love like yours would surely come my way.Everyday, seems a little faster, All my friends, they say go on up and ask her.A love like yours would...
- Kootch's Song
She is frenzied to the point of pain.She is counting up her list again.She won't satisfy another man.You understand.You can't cross the boundry beyond Which she stands.He's disposed of all his inner mind,Donned his...
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
Daybreak finds you up And alive just as though You could touch a star.But sunset seems to leave you weary, Alone and wondering who you are.Don't deny that lonely feeling, babe, That keeps stealing on you from deep...
- Rainy Day Man
What good is that happy lie? All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl.It looks like another fall. Your friends they don't seem to help at all.Now, when you're feeling kind of cold and small,Just look up your...
- Night Owl
A catfish, he tends to groove on the water, it's just where he's bound to be.And a monkey kinds of flashes on fruits and bananas, so he lives in the top of a tree.But my eyes are made for darkness and so the nighttime...
- Knocking 'Round The Zoo
Just knocking around the zoo On a Thursday afternoon,There's bars on all the windows And they're counting up the spoons, yeah.And if I'm feeling edgy, There's a chick who's paid To be my slave, yeah, watch out...
- Something's Wrong
Something's wrong, that restless feeling's Been preying on your mind.Road maps in a well-cracked ceiling, The signs aren't hard to find.Now I'm not saying that you've been mistreated,No one's hurt you, nothing's...
- Like Everyone She Knows
Like everyone she knows, she's holding out for true love,waiting on an answer, ready for a change.And everywhere she goes, she's just a little bit on the lookout.A day might mean tomorrow, questions still remain.It's...
- Oh Brother
I'm not much for making little wishes, But I'd like a little wish To come true for you.I'm not talking about loaves and fishes But I wish that there was something I could do for you.Here's a little bit of cheap advice...
- Slap Leather
Take all the money that we need for school And to keep the street people in out of the cold.Spend it on a weapon you can never use, Make the world an offer that they can't refuse.Open up the door and let the shark-men...
- The Water Is Wide
The water is wide, I can't cross over, And neither have I wings to fly.Build me a boat That can carry two And both shall row, my love and I.There is a ship And she sails the sea. She's loaded deep, As deep can be.But...
- Down In The Hole
Watch your head on that root, Got to let your eyes adjust.I'm sorry about your suit, Can't do nothing about the dust.Welcome down underground, Hunker down a spell.Gets to feel like home to me Though I know it looks...
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
Took my baby to the hop last night, What to my surprise,When we got there she hit me With the news right between the eyesShe said she couldn't do the cha, cha, cha.I told her not to worry now, They'd play some other...
- (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
I like to think about the time I met you, Living with your people down in New Orleans.Mad at your mama cause she'd never Let you ride in no nasty limousine.Later on the levee with the moon up above, I lost my heart...
- Native Son
Mount up, move on, May you find the way back home.Down and down we go, Down into bright October,Brothers in arms no more Now that the war is over.Have you waded in And been to hell? Will you lie upon the sofa,See to...
- One More Go Round
Workin' on a thing, workin' on a thing, Funny little thing I know, Sure got to like it.Only thing I got to show you, Running around the roomIn my Fruit O' The Loom, A cup of coffee from King Tut's tomb. Save me,...
- Shed A Little Light
Let us turn our thoughts today To Martin Luther KingAnd recognize that there are ties between us, All men and women living on the Earth.Ties of hope and love, Sister and brotherhood, That we are bound togetherIn our...
- The Frozen Man
Last thing I remember Is the freezing cold water Reaching up just to swallow me whole.Ice in the rigging and howling wind, Shock to my body As we tumbled in, mercy from God.My brothers and the others Are lost at sea,...
- Walking Man
Moving in silent desperation, Keeping an eye on the Holy Land.A hypothetical destination, say, Who is this walking man?Well, the leaves have come to turning And the goose has gone to fly,And bridges are for burning,...
- Rock 'N' Roll Is Music Now
Mama knows and papa knows That rock 'n roll is music now.Baby's been cutting his teeth on Bo Diddley's, I'm a man, man, Listen to the Wolfman howl.See the white man sailing his ship up on the sea, Watch the white man...
- The Promised Land
Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California on my mind.Straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh and on across Caroline.We stopped in Charlotte but we bypassed Rockhill, we never was a minute late.We were...
- Fading Away
When I've got something to say, Well, don't I always let you know?So that you and I can go my way together.And if I get carried away, Well, I could be sailing on a songAnd maybe we could carry on forever.But lately...
- Let It All Fall Down
Sing a song for The wrong and the wicked And the strong and the sick, As thick as thieves.For the faceless fear That was never so near, Too clear to misbelieve.Well the sea is jumping salty And the porpoise has the...
- Daddy's Baby
Daddy's baby, what's got you thinking? What's got you sinking so low?Is there something I should know, Something new to you?Daddy's baby fussing and fretting, Keeping on getting it wrong.She can only last so long So...
- Me And My Guitar
Me and my guitarAways in the same moodI am mostly flesh and bones And he is mostly woodNever does grow impatient For the changes I don't know, noIf he can't go to heaven, Maybe, I don't want to go, Lord.Picture me in...
- Hello, Old Friend
Paris' rooftops were lovely to seeSwitzerland's vertical landscape Crossed my mind's eye just nowCanada's shoreline has been calling out to meBut it's been too long a timeSince last I crossed that vast Nantucket...
- Migration
Distant hands in foreign lands Are turning hidden wheels,Causing things to come about Which no one seems to feel.All invisible from where we stand, The connections come to passAnd though too strange to comprehend,...
- Ain't No Song
There ain't no melody and I can't find a harmony.If there were a way to say it, you know I would have played it.Well, I'm a man of few words, trying to find a rhymeand finally it occurred to me that I'm wasting my...
- Baby Buffalo
Are you there? Can you hear me? Somewhere near me?In the morning, Long ago, Had to hold you so close, Had to never let go.Time on the river Sliding on by. Hard to believe, Wink of an eye.Where'd you go, Baby Buffalo?...
- Carry Me On My Way
I forget what to ask for, There isn't anything I haven't been given.How could I wish for Anything more as I Am here living in heaven?This moment in the sun To feel the wheel turning on.Carry me on my way, carry me on...
- Caroline I See You
Caroline, I see you Standing on the stairway, Waiting for your bear there.Handy on the landing, Penny in my pocket, High enough to hold you.When I come back home To you tomorrow,You may well be angry, I'll for sure be...
- Sailing To Philadelphia
[From Mark Knopfler's "Sailing To Philadelphia"]I Am Jeremiah DixonI Am A Geordie BoyA Glass Of Wine With You, SirAnd The Ladies I'll EnjoyAll Durham And NorthumberlandIs Measured Up By My Own HandIt Was My Fate From...
- My Traveling Star
Watch my back and light my way (My traveling star, my traveling star).Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day (Old road dog, young runaway).They hunger for home but they cannot stay,They wait by the door,...
- Mean Old Man
On my own, how could I have known? Imagine my surprise.Just a fool from a tree full of fools Who can't believe his eyes, Imagine my surprise?I was a mean old man, I was an ornery cuss, I was a dismal Dan, I made an...
- Whenever You're Ready
Little one done run out of money now, No, it doesn't seem to have a home.Left to fend for yourself in the wilderness, Out there living life all alone.Whenever you're ready, You could see a dream come true.Whenever...
- Raised Up Family
I was raised up family, man, I'm glad I'm on my own.I was raised up family, man, I'm glad I'm on my own.I mean, God bless the child That can learn to live alone, yeah.Thinking about my cousin, What it was that did him...
- September Grass
Well, the sun's not so hot In the sky todayAnd you know I can see Summertime slipping on away.A few more geese are gone, A few more leaves turning red,But the grass is as soft As a feather in a featherbed.So I'll be...
- On The 4th Of July
Shall I tell it again how we started as friendswho would run into one another now and again.At the Yippee Cai O or the Mesa Dupree, or a dozen different everyday places to be.I was living alone, we were ever so brave...
- Belfast To Boston (God's Rifle)
There are rifles buried In the countryside for The rising of the moon,May they lie there Long forgotten till They rust away into the ground.Who will bend this ancient hatred, Will the killing to an end?Who will...
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Christmas future is far away, Christmas past is past.Christmas present is here today Bringing joy that may last.Have yourself a merry little Christmas, May your heart be light.In a year our troubles will be out of...
- October Road
Well I'm-a going back down Maybe one more time, Deep down home, October road.And I might like to see That little friend of mine That I left behind Once upon a time.Oh, promised land And me still standing, It's a test...
- Day Tripper
I've got a good reason for taking the easy way out.I got a good reason for taking the easy way out.She was a day tripper, one way ticket, yeah.It took me so long to find out but I found out.Now she's a big teaser, she...
- Millworker
Now my grandfather was a sailor, He blew in off the water.My father was a farmer and I, His only daughter.Took up with a no good millworking man From MassachusettsWho dies from too much whiskey And leaves me these...
- Is That The Way You Look?
Excuse me? Excuse me, yes?Is that the way you look? Is that the way you look?Is that the way you look? Is that really the way that you look now?Oh darling, darling, is that the way you look?Is that really your eyes,...
- I Will Not Lie For You
I will not lie, I will not lie. I will not lie, I will not lie for you.Every time I see you fooling around on him,I can't help but remember that he calls me his friend.It's only right for me to tell you when it's the...
- Company Man
It seems you've been living on your own, Lonely and free.Looking to make yourself known, same as me.Well I see you in the public eyes, I see you're looking fine.The boy would be a businessman And he signs the bottom...
- Johnnie Comes Back
All last week and half of today, Johnnie has been a good little girl.Trying to keep her devils at bay, watching her health return.But she always comes back for more, hanging her head and banging my door,Johnnie comes...
- Sleep Come Free Me
Well, I've been lying in this dungeon Since I was eighteen.Ten lonely years of my life taken, I've been living in the pages of a magazine.It breaks my heart to awaken.Set me free, sleep come free me, Please, please,...
- Oh, Susannah
Well I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,and I'm bound for Louisiana, my own true love for to see.It did rain all night the day I left, the weather was bone dry.The sun was so hot I froze myself, Suzanne,...
- Suite For 20G
Slipping away, what can I say, Won't you stay inside me, month of May?And hold on to me golden days, slipping away.Sunshine on my wall to keep my mind On the things I'm saying.Footsteps in the hall to tell me I've...
- Blossom
Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way lately, I've been lonesome.Blossom, it's been much too long a day, seems my dreams have frozen, melt my cares away.Send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name,I...
- Lo And Behold
Lonely by day, empty and cold, Only to say lo and behold.Deep in the night, down in my dreams, Glorious sight this soul has seen.There's a well on the hill, You just can't kill for Jesus, There's a well on the hill,...
- Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me
Oh baby, don't you loose your lip on me.Lord, have mercy, baby, now, don't you loose your lip on poor old loving man JT, woo.Now I've tried so hard to be your good boy, good God almighty, don't you know, mama, tell me...
- Steamroller
Well. I'm a steamroller, babyI'm bound to roll all over youYes, I'm a steamroller now, babyI'm bound to roll all over youI'm gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock 'n rollAnd shoot you full of rhythm and...
- Anywhere Like Heaven
When I walk along your city streets and look into your eyes,When I see that simple sadness that upon your features lies.If my spirit starts to sink, it comes as no surprise,it's been a long way from anywhere like...
- Sunny Skies
Sunny skies sleeps in the morning,He doesn't know when to rise.He closes his eyes upon the day,Look at him yawning, throwing his morning hours away.He knows how to ease down slowly,Everything is fine in the end.And...
- Country Road
Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name?Your way and my way seem to be one and the same.Mamma don't understand it, She wants to know where I've been.I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool To want to...
- Up On The Roof
When this old world starts-a gettin' me downAnd people are just too much for me to faceI'll climb way up to the top of the stairsAnd all my cares just drift right into spaceOn the roof, it's peaceful as can beAnd...
- Something In The Way She Moves
There's something in the way she moves, Or looks my way, or calls my name, That seems to leave this troubled world behind. And if I'm feeling down and blue,...
- Copperline
Even the old folks never knewWhy they call it like they doI was wondering since the age of twoDown on CopperlineCopper head, copper beechCopper kettles sitting side by eachCopper coil, cup o'Georgia peachDown on...
- Handyman
Hey, girls, gather 'roundListen to what I'm putting down.Hey, baby, I'm your handyman.I'm not the kind that uses pencil or ruleI'm handy with love and I'm no foolI fix broken hearts, I know that I truly canSo if...
- Sweet Baby James
There is a young cowboy he lives on the range His horse and his cattle are his only companions He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons Waiting for Summer,...
- Shower The People
You can play the game and you can act out the part Though you know it wasn't written for you But tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart Ashamed of...
- You've Got A Friend
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing whoa nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights. You just call out...
- Fire And Rain
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't...
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet it is to be loved by you I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were I needed someone to understand my...
- Mexico
Way down here you need a reason to moveFeel a fool running your stateside gamesLose your load, leave your mind behind Baby JaneOh, MexicoIt sounds so simple I just got to goThe sun's so hot I forgot to go homeGuess...
- Carolina In My Mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from...
- Honey Don't Leave L.A.
That limousineIn which you made the sceneSuits you to a teeIf all that you want to beIs somebody that don't never walk, nothin'That big chateauWhere you wanna goIn the south of FranceGonna end our big romanceDon't you...
- Another Grey Morning
When I feel as though my love is sinking down, the sun doesn't want to shine.When it feels like she won't face another day, life is unkind, she's frozen in time.And here comes another grey morning. A not so good...
- There We Are
Listen to me and I'll sing you a songAnd the time will go by Till you never know where it's gone.Talk to me and I'll tell you my life story.Walk with me and I'll tell you my dreams of glory.There we are walking hand...
- Secret O' Life
The secret of life Is enjoying the passage of time.Any fool can do it, There ain't nothing to it.Nobody knows how we got To the top of the hill.But since we're on our way down, We might as well enjoy the ride.The...
- Traffic Jam
Damn this traffic jam, How I hate to be late, It hurts my motor to go so slow.Damn this traffic jam, Time I get home my supper'll be cold, Damn this traffic jam.Well I left my job About 5 o'clock, It took fifteen...
- Looking For Love On Broadway
Need a reason to be here, hoping to find it tonight.Walking alone on Broadway, watching the people, watching the town go down.Broadway's a river to me, fat fish in the big city sea, taxi cabs, limousines,...
- Your Smiling Face
Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself Because I love you, yes, I do.And when you give me that pretty little pout, It turns me inside out.There's something about you, baby, I don't know.Isn't it...
- If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight
If I keep on talking now, I'll only start repeating myself And all I can say isI love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.If I slip and tip my hand, I'm certain to scare you away, Then what would I say?I'd be...
- Bartender's Blues
Now I'm just a bartender, And I don't like my work, But I don't mind the money at all.I see lots of sad faces And lots of bad cases Of folks with their backs to the wall.But I need four walls around me To hold my...
- I Was Only Telling A Lie
Got the one room suite in the downtown motel, Got a lovely view.Classic shot of the parking lot, An off ramp of route 72.Half flat six pack of lukewarm beer, So lay down by my side.Like to whisper sweet nothings In my...
- Terra Nova
Oh, end this day, show me the ocean. When shall I see the sea?May this day set me in emotion, I ought to be on my way.We were there, We were sailing on the Terra Nova.Sailing for the setting sun, Sailing for the new...
- Fool For You
My lady don't allow the life I lead, She don't abide by some Of the company that I keep.She takes occasion to criticize, and carry on. I love her so, I just can't stand it no more,I'm a fool for you babe, don't you...
- One Man Parade
Do believe I'm gonna clap my hands, Think I might tap my feet.Put together a one-man band, Take a walk on down the street.Have a one-man parade, nobody needs to know.Cause I'm right good of holding on to secrets And...
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Do me wrong, do me right. Tell me lies but hold me tight.Save your good-byes for the morning light, But don't let me be lonely tonight.Say goodbye and say hello. Sure enough good to see you, but it's time to go.Don't...
- New Tune
It's written in the surface of her skin, There's been a baby there, given away in love.I see it in the little lines Around her eyes, across her brow.She'll be drifting away from me now.She'll shape all the feeling...
- Back On The Street Again
I don't care if I got no money, I don't care if I got a dime.All I want to do is to dance with you honey, please tell me that you have the time.Cause I gotta get back on my feet again, Gotta get back on the street...
- Mescalito
Mescalito has opened up my eyes, ahhhh. Mescalito has set my mind at ease, ahhhh.Mescalito has opened up my eyes, Set my mind at ease, ahhhhh.
- Little David
Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David,play on your harp, hallelujah.Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David,play on your harp, hallelujah.Hey now, I don't know...
- Dance
Come on, baby, while the moon is high, kick up your heels and dance.Don't be nervous, don't be shy and give yourself a chance. You can dance.Kick off your shoes and lose your blues. Pick em up, Lord, put em back...
- Chili Dog
Make my bed out of Wonder Bread, Spread some mustard upon my head.I don't want no onions or sauerkraut, mamma, Hold on to the bun baby, work it on out.I'm a chilidog. I guess you guessed by now, babe.Sure enough, I'm...
- Someone
Someone...I'm searching for someone Who'll be true, who'll change my life of blueInto a dream of golden rainbows, where are you?It seems I've been searching, Searching more than just one lifetime.My heart is a magnet...
- One Morning In May
One morning, one morning, one morning in May,I spied a young couple, they were making their way.One was a maiden so bright and so fair and the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer.Good morning, good morning, good...
- Woh, Don't You Know
Talking bout Jumping Jim, Talking bout Mud Slide Slim.Don't you know that a fish got to swim, Don't a goose got to fly high?Little dog got to die and I'm going home.Woh, don't you know. Woh, don't you know.Talking...
- Jig
La La La Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaada da deeeeeI love you babyI love you babyLets go get drunk
- Hymn
I got holy children to show me the light, Singing hallelujah, brother how about you?Yeah, we got holy scriptures here That prove us to be right,In believing out loud what we wish to be true.I got stoned out neighbors...
- Nobody But You
Everybody knows that I'm just a Joe that likes to hang around,talking about my problems, bringing other people down.Well this may be so, but not long ago, I was sitting on the top of the world.Sure is strange how...
- Fanfare
Someone turned the time on, Another day, dead and gone,a lifetime is slipping away, babe.But as far as I can see, That doesn't apply to you and me.We are high above the family tree, Hidden in the deep blue...
- Brother Trucker
Breaker number nine, big buddy, Put your ears on me now.This trucker got to have a big line tonight.Come on sucker, come back brother trucker.I keep seeing double unless I close one eye.And I've got to roll, roll,...
- Sunshine Sunshine
Sounds of laughter, here comes sunshine, smiling faces all around.They possess you, bless you, sunshine, now you can never let them down, I say sunshine.Sunshine, sunshine, is that a cloud across your smile or did you...
- Circle Round The Sun
Now, I love my baby, And she's bound to love me some.Yes, I love my baby, And she's bound to love me some.Now, she throws her arms around me Just like a circle around the sun, yeah yeah.I lay down last night Just to...
- The Blues Is Just A Bad Dream
A tree grows in my back yard, it only grows at night.Its branches they're all twisted, its leaves are afraid of light.They say the blues is just a bad dream, they say it lives upside your head.But when it's lonely in...
- Taking It In
Morning, sing me a song, Afternoon, bring it along, Nighttime, show me a friend,Say it again, Send a good dream my way.Wednesday, feeling just fine, I got to say time on my hands. Friday, look at them run,Show me some...
- Don't Talk Now
Where I've been, you don't know. And what I've got, baby, it don't show.Now, I won't try to teach you how, don't talk now.Don't talk roads, don't talk sand. Don't talk dust, don't talk no man.Don't talk rules, don't...
- Who Comes This Night
Who comes this night, this wintry night,As to the lowly manger?The Shepards and the Kings did come To welcome in the stranger.Who sends this song upon the air,To ease the soul thatÂ’s aching?To still the cry of deep...
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