Lyrics
"Line 'Em Up" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: The song starts in the final moments of the Nixon White House with the President's farewell address. So he says goodbye . . . goodbye. Next he's got to walk across the room, out the back door, across the lawn, past the vacant but alert (Zen) marine, into the helicopter and away. He does this by lining up the White House staff and moving down the line shaking hands and saying little things - voila. After some typical personal stuff the songs ends in Madison Square Garden in 1987 with a mass wedding of the Unification Church; the Reverend Sun Moon presiding via Satellite video down link. None of this may have actually happened. I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 And the final scene at the White House door And the staff lined up to say good-bye Tiny tear in his shifty little eye He said nobody knows me Nobody understands These little people were good to me Oh I'm gonna shake some hands CHORUS: Somebody line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up At that time my heart was all broke I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke And I turned away from my loving kind Try to leave my body and live in my mind But it's much too much emotion To hold it in your hand They've got waves out on the ocean They're gonna wear away the land - Chorus - Oh I've seen corn in Kansas And I've seen picket fences And certain cowboy dances I've gone lining up for shows I've been safely placed in rows Sure I know how it goes Another day goes by Little time machine I'm breaking my brain Over what it might mean Just to claim the time And to turn away To make today today Who waits for you Lonely tired old toad It's your life laid out before you Like the broken white line down the center of the road - Chorus - Yeah, big moon landing People all standing up Smiles for the loved ones They go walking on down the aisles Each re-engages stepping into the sun I watch them turn like pages One by one by one - Chorus - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO 3rd Fret E G#m7 I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 A C#m And the final scene at the White House door E G#m7 And the staff lined up to say good-bye A C#m Tiny tear in his shifty little eye A/D E C#m He said nobody knows me, nobody understands A/D These little people were good to me Ebm7 Ab7 C#m7 F#7 Oh I'm gonna shake some hands CHORUS F#m7 B9 Somebody line 'em up, Line 'em all up G#m7 C#9 Line 'em up, Line 'em all up F#m7 B9 Line 'em up, Line 'em all up G#m7 C#9 F#m7 B9 Line 'em up, Line 'em all up E G#m7 At that time my heart was all broke A C#m I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke E G#m7 And I turned away from my loving kind A C#m Try to leave my body and live in my mind A/D E C#m But it's much too much emotion to hold it in your hand A/D Ebm7 Ab7 C#m7 F#7 They've got waves out on the ocean They're gonna wear away the land - Chorus - Em F#7 Bm C/E D/F# G Oh I've seen corn in Kansas and I've seen picket fences Em F#7 Bm [B11,Bm] And certain cowboy dances C C/E D/F# G I've gone lining up for shows Em F#7 Bm C/E D/F# G I've been safely placed in rows sure I know how it goes E G#m7 Another day goes by little time machine A C#m I'm breaking my brain over what it might mean E G#m7 A B C#m Just to claim the time and to turn away, To make today today A/D E C#m Who waits for you lonely tired old toad A/D It's your life laid out before you Ebm7 Ab7 C#m7 F#7 Like the broken white line down the center of the road - Chorus - E G#m7 A C#m Big moon landing People all standing up E G#m7 Smiles for the loved ones A B Cm They go walking on down the aisles A/D E C#m Each re-engages stepping into the sun A/D Ebm7 Ab7 C#m7 F#7 I watch them turn like pages One by one by one - Chorus - Note - I have kept the chords as simple as possible but as usual James uses some wonderful inversions- for instance if you have the music to 'Mud Slide Slim' look at the Dmaj7/F# and Bm9 chords in bars 4 & 5 and apply them to the chorus of Line 'Em Up, moving up two frets to make G#m to C#9.... The distinctive A/D chord is formed by playing an A chord and leaving the D string open...enjoy. Owen Williams "Enough To Be On Your Way" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: My brother Alex died in '93 on (not for) my birthday. We all went down to Florida to say goodbye. The day after we flew home (the day after his cremation) a giant mother hurricane followed us north through the Carolina's; trashing everything in its path and finally raining record rains on Martha's Vineyard (home). In Paris, a year later I changed his character to a hippie chick named Alice and the location to Santa Fe; but my soulful older brother is still all over this song like a cheap suit. Almost Fuck-free. The sun shines on this funeral The same as on a birth The way it shines on everything That happens here on Earth It rolls across the western sky And back into the sea And spends the day�s last rays Upon this fucked-up family So long old pal The last time I saw Alice She was leaving Santa Fe With a bunch of round-eyed Buddhists In a killer Chevrolet Said they turned her out of Texas Yeah she burned 'em down back home Now she's wild with expectation On the edge of the unknown CHORUS: Oh it's enough to be on your way It's enough just to cover ground It's enough to be moving on Home, build it behind your eyes Carry it in your heart Safe among your own They brought her back on a Friday night Same day I was born We sent her up the smoke stack And back into the storm She blew up over the San Juan mountains And spent herself at last The threat of heavy weather That was what she knew the best CHORUS It woke me up on a Sunday An hour before the sun It had me watching the headlights Out on highway 591 'Til I stepped into my trousers 'Til I pulled my big boots on I walked out on the Mesa And I stumbled on this song CHORUS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro -- CAPO III |------------3----------|---0-------------------|-----------------5----| |------0--3--3----3-----|---0---0---------------|-------0----3----2----| |---0--2----------0-----|-------0-----2---------|--0-2--0----0---------| |-----------------------|-------2-----0---------|----------------------| |-----------------2-----|---3-------------------|----------------------| |--3---2-----0----------|-------------2---------|-------3----0----2----| |--------2--3--2--0------|---------3-2-0-------0-|-----------------------| |---3----3--------2---3--|--3--------------------|---3---3--0----0--3----| |---2--------------------|--2----------------0---|---2--2------0----0----| |------------------------|-----0-----------2-----|-----0------0--------0-| |---2-------------0------|---------------3-------|-----------------------| |--------0---------------|--2--------------------|---2------3-------0----| |----------------------|-----------3------------|------------------------| |--1------0---------0--|------0-3--3--3---0-----|---------------0--------| |--0------0--2--0--2--2|--0-----------0---0-----|---2--0------0-----0----| |-----2----------------|--2---------------0-----|---0--------0-----------| |--3-------------------|--------------2---------|------------------------| |---------3--------2---|--0--------0------------|---2------3-------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |---2-----------0-------|---2-----------------| |---2--------0-----0----|---2-----------------| |---2-------0-----------|---2-----------------| |---2-------------------|---2-----------------| |---------3-------------|---------------------| The rest of the Song: [G] [A/B] [G] [A/B] [G] [A] [D/F#] [G] [Em7] [Asus7] [A] [G] [A/B] [G] [A/B] [G] [A] [D/F#] [G] [Asus7] [D] [Bm7] [Em7} [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7] [D/F#] [G] [Em7] [Asus7] [D] [Bm7] [Em7} [F#m7] [Bm7] [Em7] [D/F#] [G] [Em7} [F#m7] [Bm7] "Little More Time With You" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Yer love jones. Gotta watchdog watching me Watching me packing my bags He knows I'm leaving town I can see that it's a drag Why leave the life I love Here in the great state of Maine Just to ride that shining rail Just to size that ball and chain Gotta spend just a little more time with you That's why Gotta spend just a little more time with you Oh oh oh Gotta spend just a little more time with you Yes I do, yes I do Gotta spend just a little more time with you Oh oh oh oh oh I passed on the cocaine Said bye-bye to my methadone Put down the bottle for one more day Backing off of my Tobacco Jones Still I feel like a hopeless junkie Like a man who can't say no I look back and there's that monkey Rascal won't let go Gotta spend just a little more time with you I get high and I can't come down I get high just hanging around I get high, I go lost and found I get high oh I oh I Gotta spend just a little more time with you "Gaia" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: There is a theory suggested by the planetologist John Lovelock, that life (on earth) is one inter connected, self regulating organism (watch out). He named it the GAIA theory after the ancient Greek earth goddess (evidently). Your basic tree huggers anthem. The sky was light and the land all dark The sun rose up over Central Park I was walking home from work GAIA The petal sky and the rosy dawn The world turning on the burning sun Sacred wet green one we live on GAIA Run run run run said the automobile and we ran Run for your life take to your heels Foolish school of fish on wheels GAIA Turn away from your animal kind Try to leave your body just to live in your mind Leave your cold cruel mother earth behind GAIA As if you were your own creation As if you were the chosen nation And the world around you just a rude and Dangerous invasion GAIA Someone's got to stop us now Save us from us Gaia No one's gonna stop us now We thought we ought to walk awhile So we left that town in a single file Up and up and up mile after mile after mile We reached the tree line and I dropped my pack Sat down on my haunches and I looked back down Over the mountain Helpless and speechless and breathless GAIA Pray for the forest pray to the tree Pray for the fish in the deep blue sea Pray for yourself and for God's sake Say one for me Poor wretched unbeliever Someone's got to stop us now Save us from us Gaia No one's gonna stop us now "Ananas" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Ananas is french for "pineapple". The song translates itself as it goes along. Don't play it for anyone who actually speaks french. Pineapple est Anglais pour "ananas". La chanson se traduit en courant. Ne jouez pas pour ceux qui parlent actuellment le francais. Je t�aime encore Means I love you still C�est pour toujours Means I always will Tu me manquais trop Means I missed you too much Je fait ce qu�il faut Means I'll do what I must Me voici � ta fen�tre Tous tes gens me voient ici Here I am at your window darling For all your people to see me CHORUS: Ananas laisse moi une fois Laisse moi te voir Let me one more time, ananas Ananas, I'm lopin' along hopin' you're home Open up and let me on in Maybe I rise and maybe I fall Maybe you lie underneath it all I ain't got nothin' but for what you see Even my own heart don't belong to me Got your river running in my blood Got your fire burning in my heart You got me falling like a shooting star Just like some tragic work of art REPEAT CHORUS Here I am at your window baby For all your people to see Howling like a dog on the moonlight Won't you have pity on me REPEAT CHORUS "Jump Up Behind Me" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Lilly was not at all sure we could just "set ol' Dan free" like that. I told her Dan was a huge invisible rat with magical powers. That seems to have shut her up. This land is a lovely green It reminds me of my own home Such children I've seldom seen Even in my own home The sky so bright and clean Just like my home Kind people as have ever been Won't you take me back to my own home CHORUS: Jump up behind me my love Jump up behind me Old Dan can bear us both Jump up behind me We follow this road 'til we reach the sea Jump up behind me We'll catch the tide and set Dan free Jump up behind me I've been in this world awhile And I've seen a lot of country Many days and many miles All various and sundry I've had my way and I've had my fun And I've had my chance to run free Burning hot beneath the sun Freezing cold and wintry REPEAT CHORUS I know now Only one thing matters in these days One thing, true love Love and love alone True love I came out of a dream last night Thought I was back in my old home Mom and Dad were both still alive And the babies not yet born, no Felt like a festival Felt like a Christmas morning Felt the darkness fall away Even as the world was turning "Another Day" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: The song's been waiting for a verse since 1985 when I first put it down at Air Studios, Montserrat. Frank was at the console then too. Wake up Suzy Put your shoes on Walk with me into this light Finally this morning I'm feeling whole again It was a hell of a night Just to be with you by my side Just to have you near in my sight Just to walk a while in this light Just to know that life goes on Wake up Suzy Put your shoes on Walk with me into this light Another night has gone Life goes on Another dawn is breaking Turn and face the sun One by one The world outside is waking Morning light has driven away All the shadows that hide your way And night has given away To the promise of another day Another day Another chance that we may Finally find our way Another day The sun has begun To melt all our fears away Another day Another day Oh wake up Suzy Put your shoes on Walk with me into this light "Up Er Mei" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Er Mei is a mountain in China (Sechuan province). Before the cultural revolution there were maybe 100 Buddhist shrines, temples, etc. on the way to the summit which usually pokes through the clouds like an island in the sea. Sally and I went there to meet Ben in '93 (he was traveling out of Tibet). It took three days to climb the many miles of stone steps carved centuries ago into the living rock of the mountain. At the time, I might as well have been on the Stairmaster at Jack LaLane on Broadway and 76th. We were walking in paradise Never did notice Blind in the Buddha land Looking for solace We had been told of a place Far beyond this vale of tears We could never have guessed We were already blessed There we were, where we are In the garden Didn't we climb on up er mei Temple to temple Yes and all and all along the way The day was simple Didn't we reach the top Didn't we gain our goal Did we finally stop Surprised by the cold We were walking in paradise Never did tumble Blind in the Buddha land Looking for trouble We had been told of a place Far beyond this vale of tears We could never have guessed We were already blessed There we were, where we are In the garden "Up From Your Life" James Taylor So much for your moment of prayer God's not at home There is no there there Lost in the stars That's what you are Left here on your own You can only hope to live on this earth This here is it, for all it's worth Nothing else awaits you No second birth No starry crown For an un-believer like you There's not much they can do It would turn you away Though I hate to see you surrender You need to surrender We must find you a way to CHORUS: Look up from your life Up from your life Look on up from your life Look up from your life There's a river running under your feet Under this house Under this street Straight from the heart Ancient and sweet On its way back home Even in the middle of your sadness The everyday madness The ongoing game Even when you can't find a reason Still there is a reason You don't need to name it Look on up Look up from your life Only for a minute To find yourself in it To wait by the stream To drop out of your dream Look on up Look on Up From Your Life "Yellow And Rose" James Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Botany Bay is where they brought the convicts. . .The dregs of British society who became the finest nation on God's green earth. . . beautiful. Yellow and Rose is a half baked thing about transportation, transformation and Australia. Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose Oh boy, Botany Bay Watching the water go by Here's your home so far away Here is a tear for your eye Here is a vast and unknown land Here are the strangers on the sand Oh, seeds of the universe ever endeavor to grow Tiny pieces of everything into the water they go Everything changes for the strangers on the shore They are blue and green no more They are yellow and rose Down under got the south side This groovy crazy planet Watching from the outside It's as smooth as a gravy sandwich People play music night for day One caught the sun in a sekere Seeds of the universe ever endeavor to grow Tiny pieces of everything into the water they go Everything changes for the strangers on the shore They are blue and green no more They are yellow and rose Remember when we thought we were in California We thought it was the eye of the hurricane Old gypsy woman she tried to warn you "You'll be back this way again Hungry for the rain It's written in your hand, plain" Seeds of the universe ever endeavor to grow Tiny pieces of everything into the water they go Everything changes for the strangers on the shore They are blue and green no more They are yellow and rose Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose "Boatman" Livingston Taylor - Maggie Taylor Notes: JT on Sony.com: Boatman is my brother Livingston's song. I've always assumed it was about how he and Maggie saved their marriage but I never really asked. In my family we like to save the intimate stuff for the general public. Hearts were exploding around us As we drifted south down the bay The gray up above and gray down below Left us with nothing to say So we drifted along in silence 'Til the tickle of life trickled in And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand We were catching fire again CHORUS: Oh boatman, I am the river I am the mountain and the sea Oh boatman, taker and giver Can you deliver me I would forever run free Yeah we finally caught up with legends We were walking along side by side We worked out a plan To go out hand in hand But the long trail just wasn't that wide The water around us was freezing We just laughed and threw ourselves in And although we were old The sting of that cold Pumped up the feeling, here it is again REPEAT CHORUS Oh I'm a message in a bottle Drifting along on a deep blue sea Waiting for some foreign shore Ready for something to be No longer afraid of falling We cut the strings to the sky We found level ground And we put ourselves down Amazing we all didn�t die We took each moment as given By second by second they came The ice and the sun and the thundering guns Good God I was finally sane REPEAT CHORUS "Walking My Baby Back Home" Fred Ahlert - Roy Turk Gee it's great after staying out late Walking my baby back home Arm in arm, over meadow and farm Walking my baby back home We go on harmonizing a song Or she's reciting a poem Owls fly by and they give me the eye Walking my baby back home We stop for awhile She gives me a smile And cuddles her cheek to my chest We start to pet and that's when I get Her powder all over my vest After I kind of straighten my tie She has to borrow my comb It's one kiss then we continue again Walking my baby back home "Hangnail" James Taylor? Note: Hidden track. Oh money, oh money, oh where have you gone? I need me some money to have me some fun Gonna pick up my guitar and write me some hits Build me some houses and blow 'em to bits Gonna furnish them boldly with style and with taste Generate truckloads of solid waste Hangnail, hangnail, hangnail, hangnail Have you ever seen a man with a hangnail? Hangnail, hangnail, hangnail Oh money, oh money, oh where have you gone? I need me some money to have me some fun Gonna pick up my guitar and write me some hits Hangnail, hangnail, hangnail, hangnail Have you ever seen a man with a hangnail? Hangnail, hangnail, hangnail Oh money, oh money, oh where have you gone?
