MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm
Dm
Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn
Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home
G
I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back
Dm
But I'm shackled to a bunk…
MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm
Dm
Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn
Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home
G
I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back
Dm
But I'm shackled to a bunk…
MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm
Dm
Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn
Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home
G
I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back
Dm
But I'm shackled to a bunk…
MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm
Dm
Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn
Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home
G
I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back
Dm
But I'm shackled to a bunk…
MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm
Dm
Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn
Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home
G
I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back
Dm
But I'm shackled to a bunk…
THE TABLE by Jeff Prince
Funny, running into you this way after all these years
You hardly aged a single day except those lines around your eyes when you smile. She laughs as she recalls the girl that she was and the boy who chased her around…
by James Michael Taylor
I have a brain that I must keep busy
I have a heart with too many hurts
And I have a house with too many memories
My life is broken but somehow it still works
And I have a dream that wakes me up crying
I feel…
DIGGIN’ A HOLE by Jeff Prince
This is Jeff on the vocal
From an album we made as THE GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY
All that fun guitar stuff is Jeff.
Diggin’ a hole is a natural thing to do.
Out in Odessa searching for Texas crude.
Or up in the…
This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it.
FOREVER by James Michael Taylor
My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
THE TABLE by Jeff Prince
Funny, running into you this way after all these years
You hardly aged a single day except those lines around your eyes when you smile. She laughs as she recalls the girl that she was and the boy who chased her around…
This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it.
FOREVER by James Michael Taylor
My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…
The first track on the new FONTANELLE album.
HAPPY Key - Am
Happy is the anvil as the hammer strikes the blade (AM)
A fleeting spark that fades as the memory is made (G)
Happy is the spark when the hammer strikes the steel (F)
Before the…
Excellent lyrics, clearly delivered at breakneck speed. Superb!
This album is really great, the tracks are well written, performed and it's clear a lot of fun was had putting it together. A jolly good listen.
DIGGIN’ A HOLE by Jeff Prince
This is Jeff on the vocal
From an album we made as THE GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY
All that fun guitar stuff is Jeff.
Diggin’ a hole is a natural thing to do.
Out in Odessa searching for Texas crude.
Or up in the…
I JUST NEED A GIRLFRIEND
‘TIL MY BABY COMES BACK Key - D
I just need a girlfriend ‘til my baby
comes back. ‘Til my baby comes back.
‘Til m baby comes back
It ain't no permanent position
And there's no lifetime guarantee
You'll be…
BLUE CORVETTE by Jeff Prince
Friday afternoon I stop to cash my check
Buy a case of Bud and pack of cigarettes
Oh, something to shake. Oh, something to break.
Someday I’ll be riding in a blue Corvette.
I could get myself a corner Laundromat…
Oh, I would have liked to be on the backing vocals here. It reminds me of some 50's stuff where the backing was girlies repeating the end of the previous lines. Fun track!
There's a biker bar about two miles from my house. Guthrie and Rick and I sang there for a few months on Thursday nights. Guthrie and I many a Sunday afternoon and night. It calls itself THE 2500 CLUB and claims to be "The best little biker bar…
HALF AS MUCH AS MY WIFE - by Jeff Prince
I drink Jim Beam and water
I drink much more than I otter
Whiskey flows thru me each day of my life
But I drink half as much as my wife
She drinks more than George Jones
on a bender. She’s got…
SEASONS
Midnight rendezvous. Window to her room.
Teenaged lovers under cover.
masquerade of sound: Thunder from the sky.
Train passing by. Wind howlin’ strong.
The world is their song.
Don your winter down. Snow falls all around
This…
I wrote this song with Lisa Aschmann. CAPO @ 3
Video - https://www.facebook.com/100001011201926/videos/1285714588695761/
HICKORY STIX
Dm Am
Billy Mac and Don McCray drive to work each dawn at six
Down the mountain to the factory, makes…
The lyrics of this song,
as they pertain to plot,
are my exact memory of the event.
I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…
Probably anyone who plays the guitar could write this song....
Someone asked if I was actually in Spain in 2003. Actually, 2000. Working on the movie, THE STONE RAFT with George Sluizer, from a book by Jose Saramago.
Inspired by something Jenni…
Peggy taught me an Eagles song toward the end off our life together. I think it was NEW BOY IN TOWN. (I had no idea what she was telling me.) I took the chord progression from that song and wrote this. Peggy said that was cheating.
WATERMELON…
Probably anyone who plays the guitar could write this song....
Someone asked if I was actually in Spain in 2003. Actually, 2000. Working on the movie, THE STONE RAFT with George Sluizer, from a book by Jose Saramago.
Inspired by something Jenni…
Probably anyone who plays the guitar could write this song....
Someone asked if I was actually in Spain in 2003. Actually, 2000. Working on the movie, THE STONE RAFT with George Sluizer, from a book by Jose Saramago.
Inspired by something Jenni…
Probably anyone who plays the guitar could write this song....
Someone asked if I was actually in Spain in 2003. Actually, 2000. Working on the movie, THE STONE RAFT with George Sluizer, from a book by Jose Saramago.
Inspired by something Jenni…
Comments on James Michael Taylor's stuff
Brilliant.....
compelling and driving music, griping lyrics.
Mercy! Tells a story that needs to be told today. Powerful!
Disturbing . . . I suspect that was your objective.
great song all round - powerful lyric and great vocals.
Sounds nice and full, great in headphones. Tremendous vocals!
pow-wow at the philharmonic
really captures a feeling
Good 'un JMT
My comment went into the Texas Triangle. This is so well writen by Jeff Prince. And a masterful performance by JMT
Nice! made me smile!!
Amazing, very vivid narrative. And the music could not complement it any better.
Mess? I hear no mess here. I hear a good time.
Excellent lyrics, clearly delivered at breakneck speed. Superb! This album is really great, the tracks are well written, performed and it's clear a lot of fun was had putting it together. A jolly good listen.
Now, you are one cool dude! I love everything about this track, it's my favourite on the cd!
Hang on James, I'm on my way! ;)
Oh, I would have liked to be on the backing vocals here. It reminds me of some 50's stuff where the backing was girlies repeating the end of the previous lines. Fun track!
Brilliant lyrics! I love this track! Super performance!
Ha, love the lyrics. A nice bit of fun. Cool guitar going on too.
Pretty song. I like the gentle music with the firm percussion, it works really well.
Comments made by James Michael Taylor
Something on my tongue...
Riding the Arpeggio Train...
The belfry in my head.
Deep Throat!
Clear as a bell...
Great Lyrics. Jeff Prince
(One of) 2 songs that make me tear up just hearing the song title. JMT’s the most gifted song writer I know! Kathy Holdway
(One of) 2 songs that make me tear up just hearing the song title. JMT’s the most gifted song writer I know! Kathy Holdway
i'm sure the table misses both of you. Connie
Such a sad and beautiful song. Hugs, friend. Thank you for sharing. Shawnee Smith Ray
That's a great one, James. Terry Koontz
What a lovely song! Very soothing. Brian Curran
James, this hit me in the guts. Daniel Payne
That is a beautiful song. Timeless. Gwendolyn
Love the bridge to this one, James. Tim Robinson
I've heard a lot of your songs, but never this one that I can recall. Very powerful and touching lyrics. Ashley
I need to hear your words. Can you put them in the " about the song" space? If you do, let me know... jamesmichaeltaylor@jameswmichaeltaylor.com
Sad...but that's how we songwriters deal with loss, isn't it?
Cool groove...
Great presence...She's a keeper