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 after...

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 after...

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 li...

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 ...

She doesn't know what she's done Little one doesn't know when to stop Love must find her Love must find her a way She doesn't know what he's thinking She only ...

I'll tell you 'bout Machine Gun Kelly he rode along the outlaw trail Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man But the woman was as hard as hell (Chorus) Watch out Ma...

Me and my guitar Always in the same mood I am mostly flesh and bones And he is mostly wood Never does grow impatient For the changes I don't know, no If he can'...

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...

Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number, but I know who placed...

Way down here you need a reason to move Feel a fool running your stateside games Lose your load, leave your mind behind, Baby James Oh, Mexico It sounds so sim...

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 Massachuset...

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 lo...

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 machin...

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 sl...

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 ...

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 ...

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 fo...

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 ...

Source of all we hope or dread Sheepdog, jackyl, rattler, swan We hunt your face and long to trust That your hid mouth will say again let there be light A clear...

James Taylor Its written in the surface of her skin There's been a baby within Given away in love I see it in the little lines Around her eyes, across her brow ...

James Taylor 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 t...

James Taylor Everybody knows that I'm just a Joe That likes to hang around Talkin' about my problems Bringing other people down Well this may be so, but not lon...

I wanna tell you how it's gonna be, you're gonna give your love to me, I wanna love you night and day, you know my love not fade away You know my love not fade...

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 tell...

(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 behin...

Oh, baby, don't you loose your lip on me (no, no now) Lord, have mercy (baby, now) Now, don't you loose your lip on poor old loving man jt (no) Now, I've tried ...

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 somethi...

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 ...

Old Blue (Traditional) Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue, Had an old dog and his name was Blue Had an old dog and his name was Blue Betcha five doll...

They say The neon lights Are bright on Broadway They say there's always Magic in the air But when you're walkin' Down the street And you ain't had Enough to eat...

Shall I tell it again how we started as friends who would run into one another now and again At the Yippee Cai O or the Mesa Dupree, or a dozen different everyd...

James Taylor 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 Nobod...

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 room In my Fruit O' The Loom...

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 soldi...

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 visi...

chorus: 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 t...

Long ago, but not so very long ago, The world was different, oh yes it was You settled down and you build a town and made it live, And you watched it grow, it w...

Say it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn't be make believe If you believed in me And it's only a canvas sky Hanging over a muslin ...

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 F...

We are riding on a railroad, singing some else's song Forever standing by the cross road Take a side and step along We are sailing away on a river to the sea Ma...

It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on...

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...

There sha was a vision of beauty Darky as the midnight sky When she turned and looked at me I was frozen by the look in her eyes It was love at first sight So...

In a world like today It's rare to see young mothers like the ones Who were around when I grew up But they live on in memory to quite a few of us And this song ...

[From Mark Knopfler's "Sailing To Philadelphia"] I Am Jeremiah Dixon I Am A Geordie Boy A Glass Of Wine With You, Sir And The Ladies I'll Enjoy All Durham And ...

Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town He'll be making a list, checking it twice Go...

Well the moon is in the ocean And the starts 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...

The old man rhythm's gotten in my shoes Know you're sittin' here and singing the blues So be my guest you got nothing to loose Won't you let me take you on a se...

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 o...

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 Way down south in the Everglades Whe...

Just because I ask a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care Just bec...

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 Si...

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...

It was a hot and sultry day Somewhen 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 t...

It was just after sunrise and down by the sea down on the sandflats where nothin' will grow come drummin' and footsteps like out of a dream where the golden gre...

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 dream Where the golden gr...

It was about five 'til five on Friday We were all getting ready to go And the boss man started screaming And his veins began to show He said you and you come wi...

Someone I'm searching for someone who'll be true Who'll change my life of blue Into a dream of golden rainbows Where are you? I seems I've been searching Searc...

James Taylor 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 a...

James Taylor 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 ...

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 y...

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 bot one place left ...

Well, I'm a steamroller, baby I'm bound to roll all over you Yes, I'm a steamroller, baby I'm bound to roll all over you I'm gonna inject your soul with some sw...

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...

Slipping away what can I say Won't you stay inside me month of May And hold on to me golden day, slipping away Sunshine on my wall To keep my mind on the thing...

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 tod...

Summers here Im for that Got my rubber sandals Got my straw hat Got my cold beer Im just glad that Im here Summers here That suits me fine It may rain today Bu...

Well I'm gonna raise a fuss And I'm gonna raise a holler About workin' all summer Just tryin' to earn a dollar Well, I went to my boss Who governs me He said, "...

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...

James Taylor 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 ...

Suzanne takes you down To her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know she's half crazy But that's why ...

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 ...

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 prepare...

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 Mu...

James Taylor 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 ...

Walk down that lonesome road all by yourself Don't turn your head back over your shoulder And only stop to rest yourself when the silver moon Is shining high ab...

person to person and man to man i'm back in touch with my long lost friend listen to reason and understand and think of me from way back when he said me and mel...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows som...

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 Then...

when liberty valance came to town the women folk would hide they'd hide when liberty valance walked around the men would step aside because the point of a gun w...

This song is sung by Karla Bonoff,,,James Taylor sings a small part The water is wide I can't cross over And neither have I wings to fly Build me a boat That ca...

(Chorus) 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 traff...

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...

Gerry Goffin - Carole King When this old world starts a getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs A...

When this old world starts a getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I'm gonna climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares they d...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Traditional Arrangements and additional Lyrics by James Taylor I've been wanderin' early late From New York City to the Golden Gate And it don't look like I'll ...

Chorus: Wasn't that a mighty storm Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Say, wasn't that a mighty storm Blew all the people away Well, Galveston had a sea...

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 yo...

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 yo...

Who comes this night, this wintry night As to the lowly manger? The shepherds and the kings did come To welcome in the stranger Who sends this song upon the ai...

Tell me why, baby, why, baby, why, baby, why? Why you make me cry, baby, cry, baby, cry, baby, cry? Can't help but love you 'til the day I die Tell me why, baby...

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 whin...

1 Oh, the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming, And the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather Chorus: Will you go, lassie,...

Talkin' 'bout jumping jim Talkin' 'bout a 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 goin...

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 bette...

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, tell me, where are you going This he told me: Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's ...

Notes: JT on Sonycom: Botany Bay is where they brought the convicts The dregs of British society who became the finest nation on God's green earth beautiful ...