The Promised Land James Taylor

There's an uncle there who cares a little about me and he won't let the poor boy down. Sure as you're born, he bought me a silk suit, put some luggage in my hand.

October Road James Taylor

(James Taylor) 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

Up Er Mei James Taylor

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

Seminole Wind (Album Version) James Taylor

Ever since the days of old Men would search for wealth untold They'd dig for silver and for gold And leave the empty holes And way down south in the Everglades Where the black water rolls and the saw grass

Only A Dream In Rio James Taylor

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

Never Die Young James Taylor

We were ring-around-the-rosy children, they were circles around the sun. Never give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young.

Oh, Susannah James Taylor

It did rain all night the day I left, the weather was bone dry. The sun was so hot I froze myself, Suzanne, don't you go on and cry.

Valentine's Day James Taylor

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.

Slap Leather James Taylor

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.

Slap Leather (Live At The Colonial Theatre / 2007) James Taylor

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

Gorilla (LP Version) James Taylor

(James Taylor) He's got arms like legs He's got hands on his feet He's got a nose like a doughnut He's got a tendency to over eat He don't use tools or weapons He don't eat meat He likes to stick

Gorilla James Taylor

He likes to stick to the bushes, tends to avoid the street. But he rides my El Dorado when he comes to town. You know he's out there somewhere trying to track you down.

There We Are James Taylor

There we are walking hand in hand, somewhere on the sand at the end of the land and the edge of the shining sea.

Walking Man James Taylor

Moving in silent desperation Keeping an eye on the Holy Land A hypothetical destination Say, who is this waliking man?

Yellow And Rose James Taylor

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 sand Oh, seeds of the universe ever endeavor

Gala James Taylor

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

Stretch Of The Highway James Taylor

I was born singing yes I am Grew up some kind of travelin' man Sunday morning, pack my things Say so long sweet potato I'm on the road again Oh it's a lovely stretch of the highway Leading me on And my

Never Die Young (Live At The Colonial Theatre / 2007) James Taylor

We were ring-around-the-rosy children They were circles around the sun Never give up, never slow down Never grow old, never ever die young Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening

Mud Slide Slim James Taylor

And there's nothing like a walk on down by the bayou to leave the world behind, whoa, Mud Slide I'm depending upon you. Mister Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.

Captain Jim's Drunken Dream James Taylor

Well you country fools in your one horse town you can laugh at me But 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

Jump Up Behind Me James Taylor

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 so bright and clean Just like my home Kind people as have ever been Won't you take me

Line 'Em Up (Live At The Colonial Theatre / 2007) James Taylor

I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 And the final scene at the White House door And the staff lined up to say good-bye Tiny tear in his shifty little eye He said nobody knows me Nobody understands

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance James Taylor

When Liberty Valance came to town, womenfolk would hide, they'd hide When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood When

Gaia James Taylor

Notes: Jt on sony.com: there is a theory suggested by the planetologist john lovelock, that life (on earth) is one inter connected, self regulating organism (watch out). he named it the gaia theory aft

Nothing Like A Hundred Miles James Taylor

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.

Terra Nova James Taylor

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.

Line 'Em Up James Taylor

I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 And the final scene at the White House door And the staff lined up to say good-bye Tiny tear in his shifty little eye He said nobody knows me Nobody understands These

Lady Loves Barclay James Harvest

The lady loves, while she may The lady loves, while she may In the pale moonlight, or a sunny day The lady loves, mmm she loves The lady dreams, while she may The lady dreams, while she may In

Sweet Baby James James Taylor

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, his pastures to change And

Fall In Love With Me James

Ease your lips into a velvet kiss While I enfold you Move your hands across this promised land The seekers guided by the pole star Say the words why don't you say the words I have been waiting

Montana James Taylor

I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',A little bit slow for the pace of the dream.It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given;But nevertheless, just the same...I wish to my soul, I was

Go Tell It On The Mountain James Taylor

Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain, That Jesus is born.

Shower The People (Live At The Colonial Theatre / 2007) James Taylor

You can play the game, and you can act out the part, but you know it wasnt written for you, Tell me how can you stand there, with your broken heart, shame to play the fool, One thing can be

Down In The Hole James Taylor

Down in the hole, Lord, it's deep and the sides are steep. And the nights are long and cold, down in the hole. Light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.

Who Comes This Night James Taylor

Who comes this night, this wintry night, As to the lowly manger? The Shepards and the Kings did come To welcome in the stranger.

Boatman James Taylor

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 'Til the tickle of life trickled in And the rhythm began in the hiss

SnowTime James Taylor

want to From a side street come a backbeat Pulling on me like the moon pullin' on the tide Ay caramba, one-note samba, la la la la bamba Lighting me up inside They had the heat of the sun in the beat of

Shower the People James Taylor

You can play the game and you can act out the part do you know it wasn\'t written for you tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart ashamed of playing the fool one thing can lead to

Wichita Lineman (Album Version) James Taylor

I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload I hear you singin' in the wire, I can hear you through the whine And the Wichita Lineman is still on the

Hour That The Morning Comes James Taylor

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.

Shed A Little Light James Taylor

Let us turn our thoughts today To Martin Luther King And 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 together

Sugar Trade James Taylor

Now back when this earth was a silver blue jewel and back when your grandfather's father was young, men of these shores made and gave up their lives pulling up fish from the sea.

Millworker James Taylor

break Where I can have a sandwich And remember Then it's me and my machine For the rest of the morning For the rest of the afternoon And the rest of my life Now my mind begins to wander To the days back

Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox James Taylor

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 dime and let the boy sing the sad song one, one more time.

Letter In The Mail James Taylor

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.

Native Son James Taylor

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?

One Morning In May James Taylor

I'm going out a-walking on the banks of the sea just to see the water's glide and hear the nightingale sing.

Is That The Way You Look? James Taylor

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?

Here Comes The Sun (Feat. Yo-Yo Ma) James Taylor

Here Comes The Sun George Harrison Here comes the sun here comes the sun And I say it's all right Little darling it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling it feels like years since it's been here

Limousine Driver James Taylor

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 Chorus: Won't you roll down the road Roll down the road roll down the Roll