Wally wrote: > i was watching a james taylor concert on tv and i heard a song that i loved. > the first words are something like "i remember richard nixon in 1974". i > couldn't understand the refrain (lying down? lightning bolt? light me up?) > because james taylor seems to be deprived of a lower lip when he sings -- > although he's handsomer than ever, such a good-looking baldie, and please > pardon the reference to a body part (the above-mentioned lower lip) and the > homoerotic undertone of my last comment. > well, my question is: > does anybody know this song? i had never heard it before although i have > quite a few taylor albums. > thanks for the time, patience and tolerance.
The song is called Line 'Em Up, and it's from the album "Hourglass" which JT released around 1997 (it was the one before October Road). It's well worth getting, if you don't have it! Line 'Em Up - James Taylor 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 Line 'em up 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 centre of the road Line 'em up 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 Line 'em up Hell ___________________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman Hell's Home Page - NEW & IMPROVED! http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/index.html
