James Michael Taylor's listening history
The last time I saw Grandpa was fifty years ago
Palmdale, California. I was 4 years old
He was stooped and withered. A worn-out little man.
I remember him the best I can
I swear I just saw Grandpa in Daddy's barn just now
Out beyond the…
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HELLO
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You’re some kind of prophet, I’ll give you that
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But now what I need is a nurse
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An emergency entrance, can you show me that
D…
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WHO
I look. I see. I empty me into a smoke-filled room
I play. I sing out everything, 'til all that's left is gloom
I smile. I laugh. I show that half, I please them every night
But who will be the one for me. Who'll sing for me tonight…
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The Inappropriate Question
She said, “I can see that you’re hurting.
And I can see that you are wearing a ring.
Perhaps an inappropriate question,
but I’d like to ask you something.
Soon I will be a grand mother
I have a husband that…
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This is just silly. Please move in.
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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FREEDOM
I started out with four chickens
Thot I'd let 'em run free
I found out: no more chickens
What a licking' freedom can be.
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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SUZY WOOZY
In trees that topped the tallest roofs
There lived some people known as swoofs
They built their houses up so high
The swoofs had wings and liked to fly
They flew to school. They flew to play
Most swoofs liked to climb that way…
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SMART
If I'm so smart, why are you telling me what to do?
You say I'm smart as you times two
If I'm so smart, won't you be quiet and let me think
How did I get so lost, if I'm so smart?
If I'm so smart, quit telling me to move along
That…
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I wrote this at my dad's urging. He likes it. We sing it together. I have YouTube Video of it up.
EULOGY
He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma
Red dirt back yard, Gramma's place
Honey suckle in a dust bowl
Life as hard as limestone lace…
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