From a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. On the TEXAS RAIN CD by TEXAS WATER Barbara Anne Taylor is the singer. She was the mother of Eagle Arrowbrook 1975 - 1977 (C) 1995 Royal T Music

SIX OCLOCK SHADOWS At six o'clock the windmill throws it's shadow on the grave The cattle chew their cud and lowly low above the one we didn't save The broken body buried there beneath the sod we carried there that day And tho we hold each…

Kathy Holdway and friends sings my song, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. It is available on a Cd titled PICKIN'IN THE SHED from Shadetree Recording, Athens, Texas.. My version is at https://alonetone.com/jamesmichaeltaylor/playlists/feathers-in-the-wind…

This is the original recording of this song from their 1976 Feathers In The Wind LP. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD) They’re flying in from miles around - C They circle and they settle down – Bm They sit and feel the…

This is a recent recording of CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT I did for the BUDDIES CD called SigNature Songs. (C) 2008 Royal T Music

INFATUATION UNREQUITED Capo @ 3 in C C stepping down to B They say it's just infatuation Am Bass -G F I only wish it was true. F Fm C F G C Infatuation unrequited…

There was this biker bar called The 2500 Club. Just west of Sylvania on Belknap. On a sign outside it says, "The best little biker bar in Texas." Guthrie and Rick and I played there long enough to get to feeling pretty much like family. EVERYBODY…

STRICKEN - James Michael Taylor Boy's Theme (River Phoenix) in River's last movie, DARK BLOOD. ...none the less, in my broken mind, some of the false hope leaks thru... Key D capo @ 2 in C I've been C stricken. I've been pierced…

CHERRY LAUREL - James Michael Taylor - 081111 Dm C B A There’s nothing quite so slow to grow as a cherry laurel tree A fingerling beneath an old oak canopy Presented as a volunteer, that creek bank west of town One hundred yards from our…

I can't remember her name. I saw her at Kerrville back in 2005. A little blond that always wore a leather cowboy had, played keys and wrote music for movies. (Someone remind me.) COULD SHE KNOW Could she know I think about her Thinking…