SOMETHING IN THE WAY SHE MOVES

JAMES TAYLOR

SONGWRITER: JAMES TAYLOR

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: JAMES TAYLOR

LABEL: APPLE RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 1968

 

               James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

              Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the Nº. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first Nº. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.

               He is known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James".

           James Taylor is the self-titled debut studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on December 6, 1968, it was the first recording by a non-British artist released by Apple Records, and would also be Taylor's only release on that label. The album was released under the title First Album on the South African market.

There's something in the way she moves,
Or looks my way, or calls my name,
That seems to leave this troubled world behind.
If I'm feeling down and blue,
Or troubled by some foolish game,
She always seems to make me change my mind.
 
Chorus:
'n'(and) I feel fine anytime she's around me now,
She's around me now
Almost all the time.
'n'(and) if I'm well you can tell that she's been with me now,
'n'(and) she's been with me now
Quite a long, long time
And I feel fine.
 
Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning,
And I find myself careening
Into places where I should not let me go.
-- she has the power to go where no one else can find me,
Yes, and to silently remind me
Of the happiness and good times that I know, you know.
Well I said I just got to know that:
 
It isn't what she's got to say
Or how she thinks or where she's been.
To me, the words are nice, the way they sound.
I like to hear them best that way –
It doesn't much matter what they mean,
Weh (when/well? ) she says them mostly just to calm me down.
 
Chorus:
'n'(and) I feel fine anytime she's around me now,
A-she's around me now
Almost all the time.
If I'm well you can tell that she's been with me now,
And she's been with me now
Quite a long,
Long
Time –
Yes, and I feel fine.

SOLDIER IN THE RAIN

ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY

SONGWRITERS: JOHN FORD COLEY &SUNNY DALTON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SOLDIER IN THE RAIN/VINIL

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

         England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock duo composed of Danny Wayland "England Dan" Seals and John Edward "John Ford" Coley, active throughout the 1970s. Native Texans, they are best known for their 1976 single "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight", a Nº. 2 hit in the Billboard Hot 100 and a Nº. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. After they disbanded, Seals began performing as Dan Seals and launched a country music career through the 1980s which produced 11 Nº. 1 country hits.

        The duo split in 1980 when Seals decided to pursue a career in country music, where he found success throughout the 1980s, scoring hits such as "Meet Me in Montana" (with Marie Osmond) and "Bop". Seals died on March 25, 2009 following treatment for mantle cell lymphoma.

           Coley formed another group that released an album on A&M Records: Leslie, Kelly and John Ford Coley (featuring sisters Leslie and Kelly Bulkin), then went on to do television and film appearances in the 1980s. He returned to an active touring schedule in the 1990s and 2000s and was also co-producer for acts such as Eddie Money (with Vince Gill) and Tom Wurth.

The morning clouds are gathering around

As I stand on the bridge of the river

Years have gone since I was here

And I wonder how I differ

Taxi cabs keep rolling by

And a blind man asks for change

And here I stand a soldier in the rain.

 

Coming home was all I thought of ...

Seeing my family and friends

They say love knows no distance

But the longing never ends

And all along the dreams I possessed

My heart never were to plain

And here I stand a soldier in the rain

 

I remember years ago

I had so many plans

And now I watch the river flow

Time has brought me here

With empty hands

 

I remember years ago

I had so many plans

And now I watch the river flow

Time has brought me here

With empty hands

 

The morning clouds are gathering around

And the streets are full of reflections

A traffic light and the moon still bright

People going in different directions

I've thought about why I'm here

Its just too hard to explain

And here I stand a soldier in the rain

In the rain...

NEW YORK’S NOT MY HOME

JIM CROCE

SONGWRITER: JIM CROCE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM

LABEL: ABC RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 1972

 

             James Joseph Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles.

     His first two albums were commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart or produce any hit singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After forming a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third álbum You Don't Mess Around with Jim produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, Life and Times, contained the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only No. 1 hit he had during his lifetime.

            On September 20, 1973, the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce, along with five others, was killed in a plane crash, at the height of his popularity. Croce's music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. His wife, Ingrid Croce, was his early songwriting partner and she continued to write and record after his death, and his son A. J. Croce himself became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s.

              "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a 1972 single by Jim Croce from his album of the same name. The song was also Croce's debut single when it was released in June 1972 on ABC Records as ABC-11328. The song first aired on KHJ 930 AM in Los Angeles when ABC Records promotion man Marty Kupps took the single to the radio station, where it appeared on the KHJ "30" chart at number 27 during the week of June 6. After spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at No. 8 on the week ending September 9. Croce performed the song on American Bandstand on August 12, 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 68 song for 1972.

Things were spinnin' 'round me

And all my thoughts were cloudy

And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me

Been in so many places, you know I've run so many races

Looked into the empty faces of the people of the night

Somethin' is just not right

 

'Cause I know that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

 

Though all the streets are crowded

There's somethin' strange about it

I lived there 'bout a year and I never once felt at home

I thought I'd make the big time

I learned a lot of lessons awfully quick

And now I'm tellin' you that they were not the nice kind

It's been so long since I have felt fine

 

That's the reason that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

 

That's the reason that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home.

BAD LUCK

ADAM JENSEN

SONGWRITER: ADAM JENSEN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BAD LUCK/NON ALBUM SINGLES

LABEL: TOUCAN COVE

GENRE: ALTERNATIV ROCK

YEAR: 2018

 

         Adam Jensen is an American alternative recording artist, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Boston. Jensen's single "The Mystic" was premiered by Billboard on November 3, 2016, and won the 2017 New England Music Award for Song of the Year.

                 Jensen has co-written with Rob Thomas, Stan Lynch (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Walt Aldridge and Eliot Sloan. He also collaborated with Candlebox lead singer, Kevin Martin, co-writing "You'll Never Walk Alone", a tribute to the Boston Marathon bombing victims, and donated all proceeds to the ONE fund.

I can't help who I am (I am)

I just don’t give a damn

The smoke, it helps me forget (forget)

The pain I haven't felt yet

Don't care what you say

Don’t care what you think of me

Trouble in my veins, suddenly the enemy, is me

 

I wanna get high and a little [fucked?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin' by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can get by with a little bad luck

 

I, I'm lost in a dream (in a dream)

These friends, they're not what they seem

And I'm, cryin' like a baby

My momma's out to save me but

I'm so far gone

 

I wanna get high and a little [?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin’ by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can get by with a little bad luck

 

Some days, some days, I’m better off alone

Sad ways, sad days, this wagon's up and gone

Ring around a rosie, a pocket full of posies

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down

 

I wanna get high and a little [?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin’ by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

 

I can get by with a little bad luck

I can get by with a little bad luck.