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National Music Day
03:29
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NATIONAL MUSIC DAY
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Mr DeeJay measure me, another cup of melody
I need a song to play because it’s National Music Day
Every local band in town is tuning up and getting down
Out to make a noise because it’s National Music Day
Even records in the record-stores start … walking
Even DJs on the the radio stop talking
(no matter what they say…)
So put another record on
'Cos pretty soon the day will be gone
Or wait another year before it’s National Music Day…
When the records in the record stores start walking
And the DJs on the the radio stop talking…
(no matter what they say…)
Inspiration come to me
Never to let go of me
I need a song to play - it’s National Music Day
National Music Day … National Music Day…
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2. |
Yoko, Oh
06:26
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YOKO, OH
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Yoko, Oh…
We mustn’t leave it like this
Please accept a kiss
From someone who misses you
Yoko, Oh… It all seems so right now
But then it must’ve been crazy somehow
When it feels so unreal
Like only, real things can feel…
No-body, no-body, no-body, no-body,
no-body, no-body knows…
Yoko, Oh…
At least you done what you done
Had yourself some fun
Sung what you sung - for the People, for the People
For the People…
Why it feels so unreal - like only real things can feel…
No-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body knows…
When do the days for shooting the moon end?
Why does the moon turn to purple so soon?
Oh…Yoko, Yoko …
Yoko Oh …
It all seemed so right on
Then, it was gone
Why it feels so unreal - like only, real things can feel
No-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, know
When do the days for shooting the moon end?
Why does the moon turn to purple so soon? Oh…Yoko…
Yoko, Oh… I’m sure I don’t need to say…
Everything’s OK - with the people, for the people
By the people…
“Yoko Oh… Oh…Yoko (oh… Yoko)
Yoko oh… oh Yoko…
When it feels so unreal, like only real things can feel…
No-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body, no-body knows…
uh…oh…uh…oh…oh (whistling…)
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3. |
Carsick
04:15
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CARSICK
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
I get carsick when I step inside four wheels
Carsick, let me tell you how it feels
I’m sick of being up all night
Sick of being sick
My baby wants to ride…
I get pie-eyed when I eat your apple-pie
Wonder why I’d watched the world go by
But baby wants to run me in
Pick me up and drive
My baby wants to ride…
Easy just to stay in bed, the things you said don’t bother me
Queasy, so I take your hand, but when I land, I’m all at sea
My baby can jive
But I get Carsick all the time …
I get seasick when I sail the seven seas
Making me sick - have mercy on me please
Got a ticket for a ship of fools
Need to beat the tide
My baby wants to ride…
So I’m starstruck when I see a shooting-star
When you are struck won’t you tell me who you are?
So starry-eyed and Moonie-faced
This could be the place
My baby wants to reside …
It’s easy just to stay in bed - get out of my head
Take off my crown
Queasy, ‘bout the things you said
When you said you done me down
My baby can jive - but I get carsick all… the time
Getting dizzy what with all these ups and downs
Says ‘Who is he?’ when your new man comes around
Sinking in a stream of mud - WHAT YOU WANT? MY BLOOD?
My baby wants to ride…
I got a ticket for a Ship of Fools - need to beat the tide
My baby wants to ride…
So starry-eyed and Moonie-faced, this could be the place
My baby wants to reside
(my baby wants to reside)
My baby wants to ride… but I’m Carsick
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4. |
Do It The Hard Way
03:42
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DO IT THE HARD WAY
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
I drive my car
Up a one-way street
Dirty looks
From everyone I meet
I ask the Lord, my soul to keep
No reply - he must be asleep...
Every night I'm missing you
I used to be happy, but now I'm blue
Everything I do, I do it the hard way
Easy Street
But I search the town
Put my smile on upside down
Turn the rainbows back to rain
Til you let me smile again…
Every night I'm missing you
I used to be happy but now I’m blue
Everything I do, I do it the hard way…
The way that I walk
The way that I talk
The way that I lie
The way I cry
When things go wrong
I get along
But I do it the hard way… yeah…
Every night I'm missing you
I used to be happy but now I'm blue
Everything I do, I do it the hard way…
The way that I walk
The way that I talk
The way that I lie
The way I cry
When things go wrong
I get along
But I do it the hard way… yeah…
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5. |
Golden Waves
05:28
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GOLDEN WAVES
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Sometimes I don't feel so right
Sometimes I don’t sleep at night
I need some golden waves… Golden Waves…
Won’t you bring me somethin’ nice?
Bring it once and bring it twice
I need those golden waves… Golden Waves…
You come and you go
I know… I know…
You give to me
And I take gratefully
Hey, will you be good to me?
You who are my destiny…
Bringing me those golden waves… Golden Waves
Cos if you are good to me
I’ll be good to you, y’see
Shower me in golden waves … Golden Waves
But if … that thing don't come
We're done … yes, we're done
And when … that thing don't come
We're done, we’re done
Shower me in golden waves, Golden Waves …
Will you answer when I call?
Maybe we have said it all…
Won’t you bring some golden waves? Golden Waves…
Bringing me those golden waves…Golden Waves…
How I need those golden waves… Golden Waves…
I could use some golden waves... Golden Waves...
Carry me in golden waves, Golden Waves
Bury me in golden waves, Golden Waves…
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6. |
American Baby
08:13
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AMERICAN BABY
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
You drive me crazy baby, I just wanna drive you home
You know I do… American baby
You walk on water, then you walk all over me
You know you do… American baby
If I don’t sleep at night, if I don’t wake at morn
It’s because of you…American baby
When I get home at night, I put your records on
To be with you… American baby
American Baby - your teeth are white
American Baby - your face is tight
But I’ve been lovin’ you the whole way through…
You lift me higher - just when I been real low
You know you do… American baby
Do you imagine me like I imagine you?
I think you do… American baby
I go round in circles, to be with you
You know I do… American baby…
Because of you…
American Baby - your teeth are white
American Baby - your face is tight
I’ve been lovin’ you, the whole way through . . .
…because of you… AMERICAN BABY
I go round in circles baby…you know I do…
…to be with you…AMERICAN BABY
You know I’ll do… any-thing-you-want-me-to
To be with you - AMERICAN BABY…
You know I’ll do… (Anything you ask me to…)
To be with you - AMERICAN BABY…
You know I’ll do - anything you want me to
To be with you - AMERICAN BABY…
You know I’ll do - anything you ask me to
To be with you - AMERICAN BABY…
American Baby - your teeth are white
American Baby - your face is tight
I’ve been lovin’ you, the whole way through . . .
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BABY, I MISS THE INTERNET
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Been hearin’ about ya for a long, long time
Whenever I hear your name I don’t hear you rhyme
I should be sittin’, writin’ songs for you
But the things you do …
Freedom-singer
He can’t sing your song
Less you give him somethin’ so he can sing along
You should be tryin’ to make our dreams come true
But the things you do…
Baby, I miss the Internet
Baby, I miss the phone
Won’t you speak to me for a second?
Tell me you’re all alone?
I don’t feel that I can call ya
Don’t feel that I can write
I listen to the radio
But your song keeps me up all night - all right …
Been floatin’ around for such a long, long time
Whatever I do I can’t seem to make the stars align
I should be throwin’ my bouquets at you
But the things you do …
Baby, I miss the Internet
Baby, I miss the phone
Won’t you speak to me for a second?
Tell me you’re all alone
I don’t feel that I can call ya
Don’t feel that I can write
I listen to the radio
But your song keeps me up all night - all right …
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8. |
Featurette
02:23
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FEATURETTE
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Some kind of behavioural trait
Is making me late
Maybe you won’t wait
But what I’m coming to
Is a thing I do - to get to you
You got me runnin’ around
Thinkin’ aloud
Away from the crowd
I should be heaven bound
But you turned me down
I can’t go on alone
There’s nothing left to own
You’re just a featurette
How can I forget?
I’m not done with you yet
I’m not done with you yet
I’m not done with you yet
We seem to be going round, round, round, round…
Got the wind in my hair
Taking me there
But I’m going nowhere
Cos what I’m comin’ to
Is a thing I do (to get to you)
Now there’s no one to blame
Each day is the same if I stay in the game
Then just what makes me blue
S’what I have to do…
I can’t go on alone
There’s nothing left to own
You’re just a featurette
How can I forget?
I’m not done with you yet
I’m not done with you yet
Ever since we met
We seem to be going round, round, round, round…
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9. |
I'll Go My Own Way
05:06
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I’LL GO MY OWN WAY
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
I’ll go my own way
I’ll do what I say
I’ll say what I like
I’ll like what I play…
I’ll look under stones
Find a world of my own
Sow a seed that isn’t sown
Gonna get myself a-goin’
Can’t do everything alone…
I’ll seek and I’ll find
I’ll find a new love
I love what I do
Oh, I do what I can
And if you want to kick aroun’
Get your feet up off the groun’
We’ll make our way back uptown
No one up there to put us down
Make us lose the love we found …
Oh - make us lose the love we FOUND … We’ll never lose the love we found
Never lose the love we found
Let me tell you today
It’s gonna be real OK!
There ain’t a thing that you can say
We’ll take a ride in my coupé
Make a new song from the blues
Walk a mile in my shoes
Gonna take you on a cruise
Try it out you just can’t lose
That’s why I’m a gonna doo-oo…’s
Take a walk upon the lake
Better be good, for goodness sake
I cannot give if I do not take
Just trying to keep myself awake!
No one left for me to forsake
All I need’s another break
I hit the dirt - but I’m still awake -
I sing the song of the rattlesnake
I sing the song of the rattlesnake…
Sing the song of the rattlesnake
Oh… - I sing the song of the rattlesnake
“Oh, Yeah??” “Really…” “No!!!”… (laughs)
I like you- oo- oo-
I like you-
I like you-
I like you-
I like you- oo
I like you- oo- oo-
I like you- oo- oo-
I like you- oo- ooo-
I like you… (whisper)
Do you like me too??
Hmmm - I like you
I like you- oo- oo-
I like you
I like you- oo- oo-
I like you- oo- oo-
Yeah! - I like you!
I like you- I like you-
I like you- oo- oo-
Do you like me too?
Do you like me too-oo-oo-oo - oo-oo-oo-oo
Do you like me too?? (Oo-oo-oo-oo) hmmnn…
(high vocalising) … do you like me too?
I’ll go my own way
I’ll do what I say
I’ll say what I like
I’ll like what I play
I’ll look under stones
Find a world of my own
Sow a seed that isn’t sown
Gonna make myself a-goin…’
Gonna get my-self a-goin…’
Gonna get myself a-goin…’ (whisper - )
Who-oo-oo- yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, oo…oo…
Who-oo-oo-oo-oo yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh…
I’m gonna get myself a-goin’
Bye, bye… Bye, bye… Bye, bye… Bye, bye…
Bye, bye… Bye, bye… Bye, bye… Bye, bye…
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10. |
Sunset Sound
03:27
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SUNSET SOUND
Words & Music: Tot Taylor (publisher: Songmatic Music)
Jesus Christ!
Some groovy cat
Punched me in the face when I mentioned that
I was having second thoughts ‘bout the world as it stands
Takin' me back to another land
And though my sun is going down…
I keep comin’ back to the ‘sunset sound’
The sounds of the apes and the sounds of the shapes…
(I’m) dustin’ off my demo-tapes
The sound of the bees and the sound of the trees
Some old song brings me to my kneeees…
When my soul is homeward bound
I keep comin’ back to the ‘sunset sound’
A new idea I bin a-kickin’ around
To get on back to the ‘sunset sound’…
We talk a while, we walk a while…
Salty tears are in your smile
I recommend we take a trip…
I don’t need a plane - I don’t need a ship…
Same old refrain keeps a-comin’ around…
Takes me back to the ‘sunset sound’
Got an idea I bin’ a-kickin’ around…
To get on back to the sunset … sound
I keep comin’ back to the sunset sound…
I’m comin’ right back to the sunset … so-o-o-o-ound … …
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TOT TAYLOR London, UK
Tot Taylor is a left-handed singer-songwriter who also works in record-production and art curating. He was born in the English countryside during a period of strange politics and lives and works mainly in London during an era of extremely strange politics ... more
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