James Taylor Album

person to person and man to man
i'm back in touch with my long lost friend
listen to reason and understand
and think of me from way back when

he said me and melissa well we fell out of love
we ran out of luck seems like lightning struck
i've been thinking of leaving but i can't raise a buck
james i'm wondering can i borrow your truck

i said that's why i'm here
got no other reason
that's why i'm standing before you
that's why i'm here

john's gone found dead he dies high he's brown bread
later said to have drowned in his bed
after the laughter the wave of the dread
its hits us like a ton of lead

it seems "learn not to burn" means turn on a dime
and walk on if you're walking even if it's an uphill climb
and try to remember that working's no crime
just don't let 'em take and waste your time

that's why i'm here
this is an iou
i reckon' i owe you one now
listen to wendy and listen to gloria
this'll be better tomorrow

fortune and fame's such a curious game
perfect strangers can call you by name
pay good money to hear fire and rain
again and again and again

some are like summer coming back every year
got your baby got your blanket got your bucket of beer
i break into a grin from ear to ear
and suddenly it's perfectly clear

that's why i'm here
singing tonight tomorrow & everyday
that's why i'm here
oh that's why i'm here

this is the part about kitty and bim
he loved her and she loved him
wake 'em up shake 'em up the middle of the night
got to tell me everything's alright

he said that's why i'm here
that's right

people around me are at it again
God only knows how they do it
one to another then back again
something keeps putting them through it
me, i've been watching more than fifteen years and it hasn't changed a bit
people keep talking 'bout a different line but it never seem to fit

This is a song for you
far away so far away
this is a song for you
far away from me
this is a song for you
far away so far away
this is a song for you
far away from me

sititng here all alone
bringing it on again
I'm gone again
sitting here thinking of you
is driving it home again again
this is a song for you

far away so far away
this is a song for you
far away from me

open the door it takes me back
oh it takes me back
mention your name and I'm gone again
oh I'm gone again

this is a song for you
far away from me
when you're far away
talk about far away
far away from me

More than a distant
Over a shining sea
More than the steaming green
More than the shining eyes

Well they tell me itґs only a drea in Rio
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems
On this very first day down
They remind me
Son have you so soon forgotten
Often as not itґs rotten inside
And the mask soon slips away
Strange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the portugese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the summer breeze

Take it easy

Itґs alright you can stay asleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of paradise
To call your keeper
And tender your goodbyes

Oh what a night
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire brazilian stars
Oh holy southern cross
Later on
Take me way downtown in a tincan
I cant come down from the bandstand
Iґm never thrown for souch a loss
When they say

Quando a nossa mãe acorda
Andaremos ao sol
Quando a nossa mãe acorda
Cantará pelo sertão
Quando a nossa mãe acorda
Todos os filhos saberão
Todos os filhos saberão
E regozijarão

Caught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldiers gun
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd
The mild the wild and the hungry child

Iґll tell you
Itґs more than a dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
And my heart came back alive

There was more
More than the singing voices
More than the upturned faces
And more than the shining eyes
But itґs more than the shining eye
More than the steaming green
More than the hidden hills
More than the concrete christ
More than a distant land
Over a shining sea
More than the hungry child
More like another time
Born of a million years
More than a million years

I open my arms to hold you, you turn away you turn away.
I feel it just like I told you, how can you turn away?
The things that we said last Saturday night, you turn away you turn away,
now you want to throw that away, how can you turn away?
It was true love, it was you and me and the sliver moon and the shining sea.
It was new but it felt to me just like love was supposed to be finally.

And now your eyes won't meet mine, you turn away you turn away.
I never want to taste that sweet wine again, how can you turn away?
It was true love, it was you and me and the sliver moon and the shining sea.
It was new but it felt to me just like love was supposed to be finally.

And after this love I'm keeping for you, you turn away you turn away.
I never want to taste that sweet wine again, how can you turn away?
It was true love, it was you and me and the sliver moon and the shining sea.
It was new but it felt to me just like love was supposed to be finally.

And after this love I'm keeping for you, you turn away you turn away.
I'll dry these tears that I'm weeping for you and take my turn to turn away, yeah.

My heart had been broken and I couldn't take no more.
I shuttered up my windows and I bolted tight my door.
Then I took one look at you and I nearly lost my mind.

Now I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.
Yes I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.

Betty was a little heartbreaker, it didn't quite work out.
She did a number on my confidence, I was riddled with self doubt.
I said that's it, I'm through, I quit, then Juanita, she looked so fine.

Now I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.
Yes I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.

'Round and 'round in a circle, it's always the same.
One moment you swear you've had enough, the next you've got to know her name.
All on my own, it wasn't that bad, I was getting by as I could get.
I stopped into a drug store for one pack of cigarettes.
She didn't have a quarter, had to call her cousin Kate
and could I lend her maybe one thin dime?

Now I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.
Yes I'm going 'round going 'round, going 'round going around one more time.

My romance doesn't need to have a moon in the sky.
My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by.
No month of May, no shining star, no hideaway, no soft guitar.

My romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spain
nor a dance to a constantly surprising refrain.
Wide-awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true
'cause my romance doesn't need a thing but you.

Oh, every day
It's getting closer, going faster
Than a rollercoaster
A love like yours
Will surely come my way

Yeah, every day
Seems a little faster
All my friends, they say
"Go on up and ask her"
A love like yours
Will surely come my way

Oh, every day, seems a little stronger
And every day, lasts a little longer
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me
Like I long for you baby

Said, every day
Seems a little closer, going faster
Than a rollercoaster
A love like yours
Will surely come my way

Yes, a love, like yours...Will surely come my way

(Oooooh...every day) Every day
(Oooooh...every day) Every day
(Oooooh...every day) Every day

Every day, it seems a little stronger
And every day, you know it lasts a little longer
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me
Like I long for you baby

Every day
Seems a little closer, going faster
Than a rollercoaster
A love like yours
Will surely come my way

Oh, every day (Oooooh)
Every day (Oooooh...every day)
[continues through fade]

Limousine driver, big Cadillac car, rich and famous no matter who you are you are.
I seen a rock n roll rider, I seen a cinema star.
Won't you to roll down the road, roll down the road, roll down the, roll down the road with me?
Want you to roll down the road, roll down the road, roll down the, roll down the road with me.

Deep into the night, blue velvet push, cut glass crystal, I mean it means so much.
Long cool fingeroos, soft tenderloin touch.
Won't you to roll down the road, roll down the road, roll down the, roll down the road with me?
Want you to roll down the road, roll down the road, roll down the, roll down the road with me.

City sidewalk, shining wet with rain, run through the run through one more again.
Run through the jungle, fetch a lady's glove, kicking off a bundle, go on and give it a shove.
Speak up don't mumble, who do you love?

chorus:
you are my only one
you are my only one
well i'm telling you now you're my only one

i've got two long legs like to carry me
two sharp eyes to look for the light
two strong arms to hold on tight
two good friends on my left and right
but only one only one

chorus:
you are my only one you are my only one
don't be leaving me now you're my only one

now there's only one road before me
too many turns in the way
thousands of things to do today
millions of moments i must admit
but only one only one

chorus

taken for granted and pushed aside
all that it wanted was a place to run and hide
missing message in a hollow tree
hidden deep inside a memory
and the memory seems like dreams
hundreds of hopes in the past
nevertheless it was never the last
hold on strong or you fade out fast
and only one only one

chorus

Life's good, friends are hard to find and now one of mine is dead.
And things I should have said to her, I shall say to you instead.
Mona, Mona, so much of you to love, too much of you to take care of, Mona, Mona.
You got too big to keep and too damn old to eat.

When you where just a football at your mama's side,
I reckon everyone figured you for a barbecue when you died.
And here I'm thinking about you lying underground pushing up a pine tree in my field.
Oh, Mona, Mona, you can close your eyes. I've got a twelve-gauge surprise waiting for you.

Since the day she passed away, everything's just the same.
Everywhere I go, somebody mentions her name.
Sometimes it's easiest to tell a friend a lie, they don't understand the way I feel.
Oh, Mona, Mona, so much of you to love, too much of you to take care of, so long.

Now she is gone and I am left alone as you can see.
But ever since I caused her death, I do miss her company.

When Liberty Valance came to town, the women folk would hide, they'd hide.
When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside
because the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.

From out of the east a stranger came, a law book in his hand.
A man, the kind of man the west would need to ease a troubled land.
because the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.

Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall.
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance, he was the bravest of them all.

Now the love of a woman can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on.
just trying to build a peaceful life where love is free to go.
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.

Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night, that night.
when nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight.
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood.
When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good.

Out in the sun, two shots rang out, the shots made Liberty fall.
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance he was the bravest of them all.

(Instrumental)