I SHAKE by James Michael Taylor Ever since that night when you told me you were leaving me I shake, just a little, I shake. Not so much that anybody else would even notice I shake, Just a little, I shake. Every time I read a book and…

MOTHER'S EYES I used to chide my mother She saw the loss in every face The cemetery. The old folks home along the way I used to laugh at Mother She saw the pain in every eye Now time has passed and Mom is gone and here am I And…

BETWEEN - 11-27/28-12 I step out of the car I don't know where we are Somewhere between a planet A planet and a star I never dreamed I'd end up in a place like this The Multnomah Falls is up the Columbia Gorge Somewhere between Portland…

M E L I S S A Key of G These are letters I like to say - M E L I S S A These are notes I like to play…… Letters that sparkle. Notes that jingle Make a little song in my heart There’s a song in my heart today - M E L I S S A I wish…

Sometimes we decide to do things just to find that it takes more than making a decision to actually do things. WASTED TEARS There'll be no wasted tears running down my cheek There'll be no wasted cries in my troubled sleep No wasted hours…

Facebook is a horrible thing. The real world keeps intruding into the perfectly peaceful virtual world. REAL MEN Real men, keep stealing', my pretend girlfriend Real men keep butting' in. They've done it again. Real men No one seems to…

I wrote this after I sang with a friend at his mother's funeral. He had always wondered why he looked nothing like his brothers... DOOR MAT Key - A A) My daddy treated Mama like a door mat D) Me and little brother didn't like that…

Dogs, cats, chickens, hamsters, human beings...it's all the same. THE POUND Thank you for coming to the pound Take your time. Look around. We’ve got something for everyone, Someone for everyone. Thank you for coming to the pound…

The song tells the story... "You are tuned to WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas." Daddy asked, "Where is Jimmy?" Daddy asking, "Where is Jimmy?" Daddy asking, "Where is Jimmy, now?" Daddy asked, "Where is Jimmy?" Daddy wondering, "Where is Jimmy…

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…

There's not a drop of RICH MAN'S BLOOD in the puddles of this war. But the blood that's spilled's become a flood of the hungry and the poor. There is not a trace of RICH MAN'S BLOOD in the bags that hang beside the beds of legless soldiers…

Even we who think we are too good to watch soap operas watch soap operas. HOUSE Key - D (C capo @ 2) 0516/1712 I don't have a life/Not a real life Tho I may be bold/I don't have a hand to hold I don't have a life/Not a real life No…

MAN THAT I AM - Key Dm Dm Train pulls out the station and the shades are all drawn Cold steel bites my ankles and I am on my way home G I would jump out of that window. Risk a bullet in my back Dm But I'm shackled to a bunk…

Piece for a scene in a movie... DARK BLOOD

This is a mess but when we tried to clean it up it killed the spirit of it so we decided to just take off our critics hat and just enjoy the energy of it. FOREVER by James Michael Taylor My baby say she loves me. Gonna love me forever…

SHALLOW GRAVE by Jeff Prince/JMT Oh, well, well. Oh, my, my. I'd like to see you on the other side Oh, well, well. Oh, my, my. I'd like to see you in the Bye & Bye. I tried to write you a song but I couldn't thin' think of nothin…

THE TABLE by Jeff Prince Funny, running into you this way after all these years You hardly aged a single day except those lines around your eyes when you smile. She laughs as she recalls the girl that she was and the boy who chased her around…

THE GIRL HERE IN MY HEART by James Michael Taylor If you ever see her tell her that I love her She might not remember. She has found another I you ever see her you will recognize her The girl here in this picture. She's the girl here in my heart…

IN MY DREAM by James Michael Taylor Last night I held your hand Reached out and touched your hand I know it's just a dream I say, "What does that change?" Today the sun will shine Because you made it mine IN MY DREAM I held…

SEASONS Midnight rendezvous. Window to her room. Teenaged lovers under cover. masquerade of sound: Thunder from the sky. Train passing by. Wind howlin’ strong. The world is their song. Don your winter down. Snow falls all around This…