778 tracks by James Michael Taylor
I have a new love
Of course she doesn't know
How can a work of art
Know when lovers come and go
And when the artist is the art!
My eyes are the eyes of the beholder
And my eyes are the eyes of the world...
...when the artist is the…
DOG AT THE GATE
I’m just a dog that stands at the gate
Not knowing it’s lot. Not expecting it's fate
Unable to see the truth in it's face
Not accepting the fact that she's not coming back
We were watching TV and she was weeping
They…read more
IF I'D BEEN A LUTHERAN
If I'da been a Lutheran I might have married Jodie 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 me…read more
SPOONS
I threw her spoons outside my window
I put her shoes outside my door
I don't care which way the winds blow
I don't want 'em any more
All I know is when the day is thru
And the nights are long still dream of you.
I can search…read more
MAYBE YOU
I've been told that girls like boys
that already have a girl
I wanna know
If it’s true that girls like boys
that already have a girl
Will you be mine
You won’t have to hold my hand
If you don't I'll understand
Just be…read more
She threw her slip into the bed spread
She threw her panties on the stack
Tomorrow it goes to the cleaners
He said that he will not be back
She turned and reached into the corner
She took her guitar from the rack...
It was quiet today at the dog park.
It was hot.
Everybody found a shady spot...
THE CIRCLE OF NO REGRETS Key C
If my heart be broken let it be by beauty
If my tears be spoken let it be by music
If my silence must be ending let it be by laughing
If my love must say good-bye let it be in dying
If my pockets empty…read more
How many miles must Guillermo walk?
Before all my good intentions are more that just talk...
How many shoes must his toe wear thru?
How many miles must Guillermo walk?
Thursday afternoon and the bridge is a mess
No chance to pull over so…read more
Me life is different with me mother gone
She has left her son for the great beyond
At the end of the day I must carry on
Life be different with me father gone
When the sun goes down I feel so alone
With me children abed it be time for a…read more
Thirty one years in this city. Thirty one years on this street
Fighting in the morning. Fighting at night.
This place has the smell of defeat.
But, when we get to Colorado. When we get to Colorado...
That Bob is a genius. Everyone agrees…read more
THE BURDEN OF SANITY
As I turned on to Calhoun I could hear the music from the street
A dog piss on a speaker as I found myself a seat
Now, Buster is a caveman all hunched over his bones
Hair matted like a buffalo, like he’d never owned…read more
DOG PARK
Everybody meet me down at the DOG PARK
If you need me I’ll be down at the DOG PARK
Sunday afternoon and I’m bound for the DOG PARK
Everybody gets along at the DOG PARK
White and black and brown at the DOG PARK
Nobody’s looking…read more
Some people have someone to hold them when they are lonely
Some people have someone to call their one and only
Some folks miss the boat, or get a boat that won’t float
Or get a goat that eats their grass
Some people have someone to call their…read more
It's about Fog...
The fog that crept into the window at the Fort Ord stockade back in 1965, when I would skip breakfast and sit in the barber chair and smell the ocean air.
WHEN THE RAIN
When the leaves fill up the gutters
and the rain begins to fall
And the geese look down for shelter from the squall
And the puddles in the school yard
look like lakes from up on high
And the weaving of their feathers…read more
Buddy Holly said he made songs out of things he'd heard his mother say a;; his life...
I'll always remember what mama said
I'll never forget what my mama said:
She said, "That'll be the day when you say good bye
That'll be the day when you…read more
CHAMELEON
She's a chameleon. "Been there. Done that."
She's a chameleon, if you know my Ilene
She's a chameleon
At first I that that we were twins in spirit
Everything I'd touched, she'd been near it
Shaking her head, "Yes, I know…read more
UpSide Down
I think you’ll find a six is a nine when your world is upside down
And history is news to me every time I turn around
And everything is backwards n my mirror
Mmmmm
A lullaby just makes me cry when I sing it to myself
And…read more
Born with my left arm over my head, a big blood blister covered my left elbow. .I was extracted from my mother's body with forceps. Seems that caused a tumor on my right temple which was surgically removed when II was about three. The purple elbow…read more
Recorded at Texas Central with Pete Thompson turning the knobs. Pete also played the drums and bass. Thank you, Pete.
LANCASTER STREET
Midnight in Cowtown. 90 degrees
Too hot for a blanket. Too hot for a sheet
The trash on the sidewalk…read more
If you don't like me, I understand
If you are tired of me, I understand
This won't be the first time
It won't be the last
Yes, you are sorry, I understand
Yes, you feel guilty. I understand
But don't say, "I love you,"
as you walk out…
Dick Dale's gonna die on stage
He's gonna die in the middle of a song.
Dick Dale sings Johnnie Cash
He wales on his saxophone
Dick Dale's doctor warns Dick Dale,
"If you keep it up you won't last long."
Dick Dale played surf music
at his…
IF I WAS A CATERPILLAR
If I was a caterpillar this is what I’d do
I would promise to get better, all on account of you
I have dreams of velvet wings of gold and purple hue
Change my robe and change my slippers all on account of you
I…read more
TREES
I love trees
Trees love me
Take my breath
every time I breathe
(Breathe it out
Breathe it in
Trees and me
are a mirrored twin)
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IT’S HARD TO REMEMBER capo @ 5 in G
WHILE I’M TRYING TO FORGOT
G C G D G
It’s so hard to remember while I’m trying to forget
G D G…read more
COLORS
Roses are red. Violets are blue
I could name a bunch of flowers and colors too
Roses are red. Tulips are too
But I could never name all the colors that look good on you
CHORUS
There was a time my world was black and white…read more
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NIGHT TIME
Something about the night time makes me feel alive
Makes me want to sing a song. Think about my life
Maybe light a candle. I like lemon grass
Something about the night
There’s something about the night that…read more
I HATE GOODBYES September 8, 2017 Capo 2 IN D
I go in the back door. Never in the front
All of that attention is the last thing that I want
You know what I’m talking ‘bout the kisses and the hugs
Climbing on the furniture, tripping…read more
GHOST TOWN capo @ 2 in C
I live in a ghost town out on the edge of space
Everything is dusty, but everything is in it’s place
All the doors hang open and when it rains I shake
I live in a ghost town since you went away…
I live…read more
SOMERTHING TO BELIEVE capo @ 2 in C
C
They’re rounding up the roosters down in Florida
F
Drowning all the snakes in New Orleans
G
The fires are chasing antelopes in Chyanne…read more
THE RAMP
They’re taking down the ramp next door at Rita’s
I’m no fool. I know what's going on
Either she has died or she’s been taken to a home
where she will waste away
The boards are stacked up in the drive at Rita’s
I will help Al…read more
Pete Thompson at the controls
Texas Central
Today's goodie...
LANCASTER STREET - Em
James Michael Taylor
Midnight in COWTOWN. 90 degrees
Too hot for a blanket. Too hot for a sheet
The trash on the sidewalk is trying to sleep
Breathing…read more
I'm so tired I think I'll get in my car
and go down to Fred's
Maybe Stefen will sing me a song...
I'm so tired I think I'll get in my car...
Maybe I could be a potter
Throwing all the words away
Maybe I could learn the language of the clay
Maybe I could be a potter
Sweep the words out of the way
Let my fingers find the music in the clay
A song for Barbara and Jeff...
When love is late it doesn’t matter
It will flow back thru the cracks
Be it truth or idle chatter
Love shines sunshine on the facts
How many chapters in the story
Or how much time it spends
Be it tragedy…read more
I QUIT
Nobody has to put up with this shit
You can make your stand and tell the world, "I quit."
You can do it with a gun. You can do it with a corvette
But nobody has to put up with this shit.
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IRON
I've got iron for my anemia
A bucket trip to Tanzenia
I've got a picture of a lion with a bone
A transfusion in Monrovia
Red blood cells in Angolia
And I wonder if I'm going to make it home
Take a week off from my medicine
Doctor…
There are many suns
There are many moons
But there's only one you.
Moon light lights the path
The planets do the math
All that's left for me to do is you
I knew it from the moment that we met
You standing there. A scene I won't forget…read more
DIGGIN’ A HOLE by Jeff Prince
Diggin’ a hole is a natural thing to do.
Out in Odessa digging for Texas crude.
Or up in the Klondike searching for buckets of
gold. There’s plenty a good reason for a man to
be diggin’ a hole.
Diggin’ a…read more
Get outta my way, I'm headin' on down this road
I'm on my way but I got no place to go
I've paid my dues. I just want my share
I've got the sun in my eyes
and the wind in my hair
But I got nobody
I've got no one to run to
No one to see…read more
NEW DAY Key A
In the morning when she gets me up
Pours some wake up in my coffee cup
She opens the window, lets the new day in
She says, “Open your heart and embrace it.
Take that frown and erase it.
I whistle a happy song…”
CHORUS…read more
Em
Well, some folks got big noses
Some folks got big ass
Some folks stand out in the aisle
Make it hard to pass
Am
Some folks got money
Em
They say, “That’s just how it goes.”
B7 A
They make it hard for folks like me
Am Em
To keep…read more
When I was in college my room mate told me a STORY about a traveler who arrived at the gates of a city in a strange land. Seeing a beggar at the gate he gave him a coin and asked him a question: "What kind of people will I find in your city…read more
Rocka my brain. Rocka my soul
Rocka my body in a six foot hole
Don't leave me here to face this night alone
Rock me in the evening. Rock me at night
Rock my body in the broad day light
But don't leave me here to face my life alone
You…read more
GRUMBLE RUMBLE
Grumble rumble goes the sky
Spitting water in my eye
Whhhhhhhhhhh goes the wind
Time to call the children in
That's no rumble from the sky
Those are guns with barrels that glow
And the freezing water in my eye
It's spraying…
Always Young In My Dreams capo at 5
G D G GbassG#
I’m always young in my dreams
Am AmbassG AmbassF# D
My horse is always Old Shane
Am D D#dim Em
So proud and strong as we canter…read more
Howling At The Moon capo @ 1 in E
E E^ E
E A E A E
I pull on my jeans and tighten up my buckle
E^^ B7 B7^ B7
If I’m not crazy now, I will be soon
E…read more
CATFISH FISHIN'
a song by my buddie,
Guthrie Kennard
Three days of rain
Mud between my toes
First day of sun
Cut me a cain pole
I’m goin’ catfish fishin’
I’m goin’ catfish fishin
Catfish I’m fishin
Catfish fish fishin’
Lilly…read more
INFATUATION UNREQUITED
They say it's just infatuation
I only wish that it was true
Infatuation unrequited
feels like love to me for you
And then they say, "Silence is golden,"
and I don't know what to do
The Autumn leaves the branches…read more
BAND - FOOTBALL SEASON
Well, it must be football season
The band is on the field
The music trembles in the tree tops
as it tumbles down the hill
It echoes off the black top
as the drummers do their drill
I feel your breath on my shoulder…read more
I KEEP MY RADIO ON
I keep my radio on
From sunset to dawn
Keeps the spooks at bay
Scares them all away
I keep my radio on
I guess some folks got no problems
Some folks got no regrets
Don’t know how they do it
I’m not there yet…read more
EVERYTHING
Everything you know or think you know
Everything you know is wrong
Life ain't no hootenanny
and you don't have to sing along
You can laugh and you can mumble
You can hold your breath
Take a little piece of my heart now honey…read more
PAPER BOAT
I'm a paper boat
Down the gutter I float
It's not clear
who put me here...
ULTRA VIOLET
Maybe I could fill the tank
Head on down. What do you think?
I could be there in about three hours...
You could talk and I could listen
Walk you outta Depression Prison
Turn that thunder storm into an April Shower
We…read more
THE LESSON
I saw her in a music store in Fort Worth, Texas
I'd driven in to buy some strings
It was like getting hit by a little fist in my solar plexis
when she said, “Can you help me tune this thing?”
She had a smile. A thin disguise…read more
My version of a song written by Guthrie Kennard
CATFISH FISHIN'
Three days of rain
Mud between my toes
First day of sun
Cut me a cain pole
I'm goin' catfish fishin'
I'm goin' catfish fishin
Catfish I'm fishin
Catfish fish fishin…read more
A PICTURE I CAN'T THROW AWAY Key C
C G C
I have a picture I can't throw away
C C+ F
A pretty girl with a smile on her face
F C walk down to Am…read more
BEANSPILLER
I'm a beanspiller
I'm a squeaky wheel
I'm the guy that speaks up
and ruins the deal
and when you get hurt
I say,"Ouch!"
I'm the change
you loose in your couch
I'm a leaky faucet
I'm a tree that weeps
I'm a tattle tale…read more
It’s a small town event. Woodlake, California. East side of the San Joaquin Valley. 14 miles from where all those “Lindsey” olives you see on your grocery store shelves come from. The Woodlake Echo, says, “In the foothills of the Sequoias…read more
Sadly, Annie and Allan are now divorced...
The games are over...
Annie & Allan
Annie and Allan were having a problem
Made a decision to go their own ways
Annie and Allan made an announcement
Not even knowing how it saddened our…read more
New song from GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY
from the POP GOES THE GHOST album
WHEN LAYLA COMES OVER
When Layla comes over everything stops
When Layla comes over I put on my socks
I put on my shoes. I put on my shirt.
When Layla comes over…read more
My favorite song by Jane Bowers
Sung by The Kingston Trio many years ago
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
When I was young and dreams were new,
I loved a girl who looked like you.
I saw her face in mountains stream.
I lingered there and lost myself…read more
A Facebook Friend posted a picture of a
sign hanging on a tree that had the words
to the first verse. I couldn't leave well
enough alone...I Googled the verse and
found it was written by Dallas Clayton.
MESSAGE ON A TREE
“She blew…read more
PRETTY GIRL
Pretty girl, pretty dress
Well, I must confess my heart is in a mess
Pretty girl
Some guys can walk up to a girl
Say, "Hey! I love you
They make it look like something
So easy to do
Pretty girl, pretty dress
Well, I…read more
ANNETTE
The creek's a risin' and my line is set
Gonna cash in on my catfish bet
My bobber's a bouncin' and I'm gonna get wet
She said she'd fix me dinner if I caught a fish
She might suspect that's my favorite wish
So, I got myself…read more
THIS OLD HOUSE Key C
C F C
This old house has a mushroom on the lawn
F C
This old house is a raincoat I put on
G C
This…read more
STEPPIN' ON SOME TOES Key - Em and E
Em
Well, some folks got big noses
Some folks got big hats
Some folks stand out in the aisle
Make it hard to pass
Am
Some folks they got money
Em
They…read more
HURRY
I'm not in a hurry
I've got all day to get there
You don't have to worry
I learned my lesson out there
I spent all night in Utah
As I make Green River
The chains banged on the exhaust
Til she began to quiver
Asphyxiation creates…read more
My friend, George Sluizer was making a film with River Phoenix and asked me to submit some music to possibly be used in the movie. He didn’t end up sing this but he did use four other of my submissions.
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You say, "I hope things are going well for you," and Have a wonderful day." Could we just leave these kind of things out of our conversation? I don't have wonderful days. I have days I stay distracted enough not to shake with the horror of growing…read more
She broke all the rules
Had to love her.
Can't recover.
Think I'm gonna tell my mother.
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RONDA'S THEME
Ronda. Ronda.
In her faded blue jeans
with her guitar she sings
It's just one of the things
about Ronda.
Ronda was a little girl
Just like you
Once upon a time
But now, but now
She's RONDA
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I doubled all the lines to help me and a friend learn the song.
There is a shortened version on down the page if you don't want to have to hear every line repeated.
THE CIRCLE OF NO REGRETS
Capo @ 5 - played in C positions
C F…read more
Girls aren't like guitars.
They won't just sit around waiting for you to come up with something interesting to do
Girls aren't like guitars.
If you're having problems maybe it's because
Girls aren't like guitars
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WRITER’S BLOCK
I went out to the stockyards last night. I don’t get out much but I had an invite.
My buddy, Guthrie Kennard was playing.
The place was full. The band was tight. Whitney Raquel opened the night
And the kids from the 2500 Club…read more
SNOW MAN
I'll tell you right now
I don't cry
You might mistake some sweat
for a teardrop in my eye
But, I don't cry
In spite of what you might be thinking
I don't get tired of humble pie
(That's not a tear drop in my eye)
And don…read more
WATER
I was standing there just pumping gas and pissing on my tire
When I dropped my wallet. The situation's dire
I got water on my wallet and water on my shoe
Standing there at half a tank wondering what to do
It's kinda hard to zip…read more
THE CIRCLE OF NO REGRETS Key C
C F G C C G C
If your heart must be broken let it be by beauty
C F G C C G C
If thru tears you be spoken let it be by music
Am…read more
3:06
IF
If your heart must be broken
let it be by beauty
If in tears you be soakin'
let it be by music
If your silence must be ended
let it be by laughter
If your love must say good-bye
let it be in death
If your pockets must be empty…read more
This is the extended version of the 35 second original...
Guitars and drums are so
helpful when one wants to express
despair and confusion
and despair.
ANY MORE
It was raining in the parking lot
We ran all the way to the door
That…read more
This is the original "song".
ANY MORE
It was raining in the parking lot
We ran all the way to the door
That's when you said,
"I love you but I don't need you any more."
Svetlana is on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/public/Svetlana-Lazareva
SVETLANA
Svetlana, the prettiest girl in the world
Flew in from Lithuania. Makes me go ho insania
What will I do now? What did I do before?
Svetlania has a…read more
This song is the concluding song on my RPM Challenge February album. It is a good-bye to the project.
http://www.rpmchallenge.com/
Not a good-bye to Alonetone
or anything else.
SEE YA
It has been a lot of fun
Listening to…read more
KAWEAH
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 melt the shadows…read more
THE COUCH - by James Michael Taylor
Today we put the couch out by the road
My daughter said it's time to let it go
I'd hauled it all the way from Tennessee.
It was the couch my parents gave to me
She brought me a new one in it's place…read more
This is all me...
VOICES
There is something deep inside that wants to laugh and cry
Something that would like to tell it's story
There is something deep inside that wants to dance and wants to fly
Maybe you would guess it's called the…
LOSER
Did you ever lose your britches
Did you ever lose a shoe
Did you ever lose that sweater
Your best friend gave to you
Did you ever lose that girl you held so tenderly
Well, let me tell you buddy. You're a lot like me
Did you ever…read more
I'LL NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU AGAIN
I'll never say, "I love you," again
I believe in love without end
And I know that it's true
That I'll always love you
But I'll never say, "I love you," again
I'll never say, "I love you," again
You'll…read more
THERE, I SAID IT
The more you got, the more you got to lose
From the top of your head down to the bottom of your shoes
The things you love. The things you abuse
It's enough to give a white boy the blues
I said it. There, I said it
It might…read more
HOW
I've got a friend. He is in trouble
But he just stands there in the rubble
It seems each day his sorrows double
He needs to know. He needs to know
How do you keep your hand from shaking
How do you keep your fear from waking
How…read more
Dude stole my guitar
so I wrote a song about him...
BICYCLE EDDY
Bicycle Eddy, he rode at night
Had no fenders on his bike
Had a brown streak up the back of his shirt
Eddy don't care. "It's just dirt."
Bicycle Eddy, he slept all day…read more
I CAN'T TELL
I can't tell if it's morning or evening
I can't tell night from day
I can't tell if I'm arriving or leaving
Doesn't mean a thing to me
Since you went away
I can't tell if it's sunny or raining
I can't tell if it's…read more
ADOBE & BLOOD
Thanks to David Kneller
for bringing up the subject
and creating that phrase:
ADOBE & BLOOD
I read a lotta stories about a lotta stuff
But I tell ya folks, I'll never read enough
To block out the memories what's under…read more
Jeff's version
FLORENCIA
The tide is going out in Avila
I can feel it in my blood
Here I am in South Beach Florida
Just like you knew I would
There's a place in California
Where the coast is always clear
You said you'd be in Florida…read more
THE GIFT
An architect in Bakersfield gave him a gift of wine
Napa Valley, California, famous for the vine
When the grape is coupled with the peach, the promise is divine
But he would never pull the cork as he alone would dine
The day…read more
It's so dark
she can't sleep
She needs more
ice in her water
She lost her smile
It went to Nashville
So she sent
me her address
I didn't know
if I should answer
or go to her
I could call a taxi
Too much wine
Too much coffee
Too…
Florencia Di Concilio is a composer who lives in Paris. Among other things, she writes music for movies. One of the movies she wrote music for is DARK BLOOD, the last River Phoenix movie. She and I planned to get together and see what we could…read more
When you come to the end of the road
and all of the signs just say "No"
You never say, "Quit"
Cause that's not your bit
You're not a pup
You never give up...
Capo @ 2 in D (E) Dropped D tuning
D G Bb A
A year in jail can change man
You hang on to everything you can
Some things just bound to slip away
I'm stuck in a cell with I don't know what
Can't sleep a wink is all I got
One foot on…read more
It seems our hunger to express awe is channeled
into petty things early in our life and when we break free we feel robbed because all the mighty expressions are tied up in silly stories about some jealous being making contradictory demands…read more
"THE TOMMY HOOKER BAND is a regular Wednesday night act at Pearl's Dance Hall and Saloon in the Fort Worth Stockyards and he packs the house – everyone loves him."
http://tommyhooker.com/Tommy_Hooker/Home.html
https://www…read more
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY
If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe
If it makes you happy I will tickle you
If it makes you happy I'm telling you true
If it makes you happy I'll be happy too
If it makes you happy I will wiggle my ears…read more
It seems at every gig people tell me I sound like Neil Young. Well, really? Do I?
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ANY MORE
capo @ 3 in G
James Michael Taylor 09 26/7 14
VERSE ONE - You said you knew the story would upset me G
That you'd resolved to kept it to yourself G D
You said you knew how hard it would…read more
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY KEY - C
C F C
If it makes you Happy I will tie your shoe
C D G
If it makes you happy I will tickle you
F C Am…read more
DEAR PEGGY
Dear Peggy,I thot you'd like to know
That blue tile in our bathroom you said would have to go
I replaced with the slate that we bought at Home Depot
mmmmm mmmmm
Dear Peggy, The heat has killed the lawn
And water is so expensive…read more
NEW DAY Key A
A E A E
In the morning when she gets me up
A E D E
Pours some wake up in my coffee cup
A D E A
She opens the window, lets the new day in…read more
This is a true story. Cody even permitted me to use his name.
Cody is a cowboy, a horseman, that’s for sure
Traded in his guitar for long John underwear
Every day he pulls his boots almost to his knees
Oh, Cody is a cowboy. A yodel le de…read more
I read a book a long long time ago
Why it frightened me, I didn’t know
But there it was. There I was
How did I know?
A simple story. A man and his lover.
Made me quiver. Run for cover.
Beautiful lady in my future…Woooo
I read a book…read more
She put a message up on Facebook. She’d wrecked her car and she couldn’t get to work. I watched to see if any of her friends would volunteer. They just wished her well
There’d been a storm. The streets were frozen. Cobble stone ice on all of…read more
People have told me, “Time will heal.”
How does that work when Time stands still?
I will listen. Maytbe it’s true, Time will go backwards...
Sometimes I forget you’re gone.
If Time could go backwards...
Sometimes I forget you’re gone
It's Riddle.
I’ll bet she’s thinking about me today.
Oklahoma City is far away.
She’s in Denver. I’m in Fort Worth
Fifty years have passed but I’ll bet she’s
thinking about me today.
© 2014 Royal T Music
1:00
I’m clinging to the memories as the world falls apart
The falling leaves, dead Everlys are pulling at my heart. My quest for rationality, I can’t even start. So, I’m clinging to the memories as the world falls apart
I’m clinging to the memories…read more
Sun shines thru the clouds. They disappear.
Like my feelings when I have you near.
There’s nothing between the planet and the sky
No cloud cover. Cold as ever. Cold as ever.
© 2014 Royal T Music
FRANCINE EATS ORANGES
Adapted from a poem by
Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
(http://shannonhardwickpoetry.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/francine-creates-her-story-as-if-asked-to-author-her-own-birth/)
© 2013 Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
Francine…read more
YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
I clearly remember, you said it didn't matter
I asked your permission. You said it's my decision
I said, "It's quite a climb." You said, "Well, take your time."
I asked you how you're doing and you said you were doing…read more
WHO SHE WAS
Maybe she'll come back. I hope she does.
Maybe there's a site on line
that'll tell me where she works
and who she was
Lady, please come back. I'll be right here
Ever night I'll pull up the covers and shut my eyes
and pray…read more
2:42
I’ll tell you the truth. I’ve been out of control
They took away my blanket. Put me out in the cold.
Even Miami’s got ice on the ground
Man said, “You be a good boy and get out of my town.”
I’d just got to sleep when they turned on the…read more
When Jimmy was little he couldn’t stand still
He had pepper in his britches
Jimmy was so funny. We threw him lots of money.
He kept us all in stitches
Jimmy was a thumper. A shadow humper.
He scratched it where it itches
Jimmy was a…read more
Well, I hate to change my story, but I'm nobody's savior any more
If you're looking for salvation you can find it at the Salvation Army store
They got a Naugahyde recliner they say will save your back
And if you've got tools to save, they've…read more
Weather man is talking on the radio. Says the
sun is going to shine but does he really know?
If I believed that the sun would shine
I’d dump my umbrella and I’d feel so fine
But if you say that the clouds will stay
I’ll button my coat and…read more
I feel so small.
I feel so weak
I feel so small
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Capo at 5 - playing in Am position
I got my standards.
Oh, yes, I do
Don't allow no smoking
No tobacco chew
Don't allow no boozin'
Don't allow no grass
If I catch you hurting yourself again
I'll leave your ass
Oh, yeah, you're pretty…read more
No more sin or sorrow foolish fancy to a fault
No more dirth upon the land that withers under the assault
No more Babylon behavior bobbing up and down and up
until we drown away each memory scattered from a shattered cup. No more crying for…read more
ALWAYS - jbp
Mountain of ice
Crystallized
Sculpture in white
Glacier serene
Pretty thing
Mother Nature’s
Wedding ring
Falls back to sea
Melts to blue
Like you
and me
All our life, always
All our life, always
Snowflakes to…read more
FORESTS OF IRAN
light burned
and went toward
the heart of dark night
like thick dust
crawled into the woods
dark imagination
all greens are black
in woods at night,
but in a twinkling
of an eye
the woods dream
germinates
in the…read more
AYAHAUSCA
Twenty seven hours from now
We’ll be touching down
Both feet on the ground
We’ll be safe
we’ll be sound
we’ll come down from our spiraling tower
in twenty seven hours
Momentary thieves in the night
Peer thru open shades…read more
Bridges
She put a message up on Facebook
She'd wrecked her car and couldn't get to work
I watched to see if any of her friends would volunteer
They just wished her well
There'd been a storm.
The streets were frozen
Cobblestone ice on…read more
NOWHERE - Key of G
James Michael Taylor
1. Maybe I misunderstood G
Maybe I was wrong C
But I thot you loved me D
You stayed so long G
2. Maybe I missed something…read more
Just musing about all the "can do" quotes I see on Facebook.
If I could play the fiddle, I’ll tell you what I’d do
I’d believe in what you say and I’d believe in you
But I can’t play the fiddle no matter how many I try
Since I was in the…read more
She had a beer and I drank water
Rectangle pizzas cut in quarters
But to me none of that mattered
She was the Woman At The Well
We ordered appetizers
Four bucks apiece it's Happy Hour
I couldn't take my eyes off her
I drove the car. She…read more
Sometimes it's hard to figure out what just happened. And then again it's sometimes hard to figure out something that happened years ago.
(To answer the question by the commenter, that's all me and my little self all alone in the basement…read more
The "umph" heard round the world.
This month the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald will be 50 years ago.
A remembrance by GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY. On the VOICES CD.
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You'll be hearing about this stuff in the news...
This is a GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY song.
On the VOICES CD. Words by Jeff Prince arranged by Ghost of John Murphy.
http://www.alternet.org/books/mind-blowing-journey-jungle-sacred-life-altering…read more
This is another GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY piece from the VOICES CD...
DIAMOND - Monster Wave
It started with an earthquake half a mile below
Belching like a bull whip to make the water blow
Monster in the making, Frankenstein unchained
Gravity…read more
This is a GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY SONG
I laid down some tracks and Jeff, upon listening came up with this rant...
NO MORE
No more sin or sorrow foolish tantrum to a fault
No more dirth upon the land that withers under the assault
No…read more
It hit me...I know so many sides of so many arguments it's all become useless.
TOO MUCH
I’ve heard too much. I’ve seen too much
Don’t ask me any questions because
I know too much
I’ve read too much. I’ve written too much
Consider…read more
This song is from GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY's CD VOICES. (Jeff Prince and JMT)
Just to remind people that IRAN
is not a desert...
With a poem by Sara Behrad.
light burned
and went toward the heart of dark
night
like thick dust
crawled…read more
This is a true story. I didn't even change the name.
Cody is a cowboy, a horseman, that's for sure
Traded in his guitar for long John underwear
Every day he pulls his boots almost to his knees
Oh, Cody is a cowboy. Yippi ki yi yee
Just…read more
They discovered a planet that has no star
Maybe they'll let me name it whoever they are
I know all about a planet without a star
Oh, please let me name it.
I know all about it
A planet. No orbit. Just lost out in space
No hope or habit…read more