James Michael Taylor's listening history
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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YOUR VOICE
I hear your voice
I go get my ladder
Pull on my gloves
Climb up to the gutter
Where the leaves gather round
Talk about the weather
I hear your voice
I dig out our blankets
The 'lectric controller
Your grand mother's quilt…
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This is my Katrina song.
THE NEW NEW ORLEANS WALTZ
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a boy
And Lord knows I am one
Storms may come and storms may go
But the sun will always shine
Unless…
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LOVE
C Em
1. Love won't bring back a coat that's lent
F stepping up G#`
Love won't straighten out a spoke that's bent…
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BEAVERS AND WILLOWS
Capo @ 5 in C
FCG FC FCFG
F C G F C
Like beavers and willows
Bats and mosquitos
F) Toad C) frogs and F) flies (G
DA DA - E Am G C
Algae and oil spills
Shovels and coal hills
Black holes…
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SLAUGHTER MOUNTAIN
My mom’s dad was a coal miner. Her mother died of TB when she was a kid. When she was twelve, her dad, dying of black lung, slit his throat with a butcher knife. That left her with a cripple little brother to take care of…
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I’M STILL HERE Key D
D A D D A D
I’M STILL HERE. I’m feeling kind of shoddy. I’M STILL HERE in mind and body
D…
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LULLABY
Key D
D4 D sus D, D4 D sus D
(D) Close your eyes and tell me. Tell me what you see. In the sleepy landscape of your reverie. (G) Can you count the blossoms in the (Em) garden (A) of your (D) mind? Think about the mountains and the…
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