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…

KAWEAH (says the crow) "Kaweah, Kaweah" There's a place on up the hill Redwood trees are standing still The murmur of the river will invite you Lay your head down on a rock You'll forget about the clock The whisper of the sun will…

Another song for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. What do we think of this cat? I have an urge to get proggy right now and generally that requires a level of talent that I don't posses. I'm not putting myself down when I say that, it's…

The first song started and finished for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. They really need to come up with a better name for that thing. So there are keyboards in this one. Like... all the way through. What's up with that? Well, I wasn…

It's been a long absence from a regular daily practice of song writing. Covid and a major change in the family has distracted me for well over a year. Recently I've been lucky enough to drift back into old familiar things like wine soaked evenings…

IF I WAS A LUTHERAN - capo @ 2 in C If I was a Lutheran I might have married Dodie Harris Learned hill-side irrigation and I'd have learned to weld And all the city fathers would have slapped me on the shoulder And all the city mothers wished…

DENIAL SANATA Denial's not a river in Egypt. Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is. The Nile is a river in Egypt Oh, yes it is. Oh, yes it is Put your feet in the water Put your head in the sand Put your hands in your pockets Try to clap for…

TEENAGERS ARE STUPID Teenagers are stupid At least I was All the silly things we'd say Silly, silly things "Everyone is doing it." It's a wonder we lived to be this old Teenagers are stupid Teenagers are stupid What a hoot How can…

CHOICES "After my house burn down I was confuse. Why are they burning down my house? My neighbor house..." "We called it The American War." My friend, John, said this about this bit of audio drama: I had forgotten how painful I find…

It was a huge affair. Bigger than the Texas Jam. But what would you expect from the first concert staged on the moon? TEXAS WATER She's got stretch marks on her psyche Her attitude is hanging down But she's gonna pull it all together…