1. |
Hey Conductor
03:23
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2. |
Prairie Wind
02:35
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Prairie Wind by Jennifer Louise Taylor (©2015)
G D Em C
G D C G
Chorus:
She’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone like the prairie wind
She’s gone, she’s gone, ain't never coming home again
V1.
I walk alone, alone but I’m not alone
There’s a hundred million souls by the Old Man River
They’re walking next to me
V2.
I run alone, alone but I’m not alone
I’m running down a road that leads to nothing
And nothing’s just fine with me
V3.
I laugh alone, alone but I’m not alone
I’m headed down a road that leads to nowhere
But where does nowhere go?
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3. |
Broken Minds
03:11
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Broken Minds by Jennifer Louise Taylor and John Lyle © 2010
Refrain:
Am F G Am
Late nights, broken minds, wonderin’ when the light would shine
Am F G Am
Lost my job, lost my friends, lost my mind, I lost everything.
F G Am
Waiting for change, Waiting for change , waiting (pause) just for change.
Am F G Am
Everytime you walk the street, you’ll find another one just like me
Turn around like you’re blind, might not wanna be around my kind
F G
Asking for change, asking for change
G Am
Begging…. Just for change.
Refrain
Am F G Am
On the dole on the town takes you backwards or takes you down
Have to ask, have to beg, cannot stand on my own two legs
F G
Asking for change, asking for change
G Am
Begging…. Just for change.
Bridge:
F
Life brings you change
Fm
That can take you so far down
Em Am
I’ve seen the underside
F
Life brings you change
Fm
While waiting for the tide
Dm G
To turn your life around
Am F G Am
Count me lucky, count me saved count me in for the better days
Am F G Am
Feeling like I missed the call, but I got family that can break my fall
F G G Am
Asking for change, asking for change Begging just for change
Refrain:
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4. |
Particular Blues
03:33
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Particular Blues by Jennifer Louise Taylor (©2011)
When you look around, you got nothing left to do G Em
Nothing to help you understand C G
There’s nothing left to do when you got these kind of blues G Em
You got to pick up your walking shoes A7 D7 G
You got your own particular kind of blues (x2) A7 D7 G
Some will offer sage advice on how to make it through
But they’ve never walked a mile in your shoes
There’s nothing left to do that makes any sense at all
You’ve got to put on your walking shoes
You got your own particular kind of blues (x2)
Chorus:
And you’ll walk as far as your feet are able A7
Don’t listen when they say honey, “You ain’t stable!” A7 D7
Just pick up your shoes and walk, walk, walk A7
Walk on down the line A7 D7 G
You got your own particular kind of blues (x2) A7 D7 G
Spoken:
And I’m not saying that they don’t mean well C G
But this horse has long since left the barn A7 D7
And it’s way too soon for even me to tell C A7
If he’s ever coming home again D7 G
You may think me odd as I look right through you
But this here’s a solo flight
It’s not my job to educate or make sense of it all
I just put on my walking shoes
I got my own particular kind of blues (x2)
Chorus:
And I’ll walk as far as my feet are able
Won’t listen when they say honey, “You ain’t stable!”
Pick up my shoes and walk, walk, walk
Walk on down the line
I’ve got my own particular kind of blues (x2)
(Repeat first verse)
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5. |
The Cuckoo
03:18
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6. |
Mama Don't Fit
03:14
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Mama Don’t Fit by Jennifer Louise Taylor (©circa 2010)
Intro/outro
Welll mama don’t fit into boxes F A7
But she did the best that she can Dm A7
Oh mama made her share of mistakes Dm F
But we love her just the same A7
Verse:
She’s beholden to no man Dm
She laughs without care A7
Her steps eat up the floor Dm A7
She’s got no time for small minds Dm
Flies high in the sky F
Don’t fuss she’ll be back by and by… A7
Chorus:
Mama don’t fit Dm
Mama don’t fit F
Oh mama don’t fit into squares A7
X2
She’s a fast talking whirlwind
Moves smoother than light
She’ll take you around the world
In the blink of an eye
She’s out of your sight
She’s away on some cosmic flight
Chorus
She’s got 12 million ideas
She’ll pass them around
Let the cards fall where they may
You can try to make sense
Of the thread she has found
But she’s traveling faster than sound
Chorus
Intro/outro
Chorus x2
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7. |
Moreton's Harbour
03:36
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Moreton’s Harbour
by Jennifer Louise Taylor (after Uncle Malcolm’s funeral and before Michael’s)
Part 1:
I remember looking into a strangers eyes G C G
And I remember looking at the faces passing by C D G
Refrain:
I’m searching for someone from Moreton’s Harbour C D G
I’m searching for a key to who I am C D G
It’s lobster tins to Marilyn to here C D G E
It’s lobster tins to Marilyn to here C D G
My uncle was in the navy D G
Long before his curls turned gray C G
He produced a pot to piss in D G
Just to prove his old man wrong C D
It’s lobster tins to Marilyn to here C D G E
From lobster tins, to Marilyn, to here C D G
The way the story always goes
He was brighter than the light
But he tuned in and he dropped out
And soon was out of sight
From lobster…
Refrain:
There’s a few, they smile at you
Here’s the lesson they hold dear
The road he chose the one’s we know
From which we should steer clear
From lobster…
There are those who say he was a man
As bright as he was kind
Who gave his heart to those around
He knew would rob him blind
Repeat part 1
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8. |
Float Down
02:51
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Float Down by Jennifer Louise Taylor (©2018 with words harvested from conversations with Alexis Kowal)
If our shoes could tell the story
Take a leap or another foray
Would they lead us back again?
Would they take us to the end?
No they’d go on, and on and on
We float down, down, down
Down, down, down
You and I, we’ve seen the rivers
Hardened rocks and long sharp edges
You and I just breeze around
We’re catching feathers on our way down
Floating down the air stream
Find our way back down, down, down
Down, down, down
You might not like it but you cannot leave it
So take a leap and just receive it
Watching birds as you hear the call
Resting easy as you fall
Floating down the air stream
Find our way back down, down, down
Down, down, down
Repeat first verse
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9. |
Blue Angel
02:37
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10. |
Out on the Mira
04:00
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Jennifer Louise Taylor Victoria, British Columbia
Jennifer Louise Taylor has toured Canada and the US, and been a guest musician for CBC radio. From the acoustic-roots tradition, her songs weave a tapestry, both memorable and meaningful. Focus Magazine describes Jennifer Louise Taylor's "velvety contralto [as] magical." ... more
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