"Driving In England"
words and music: Terry Scott Taylor
Some people get so bored
They start turning into cannibals
Eat each others hearts out
They like to sacrifice to animals
Deep-freeze their own souls
Shut down their brains
I think the only way to go
Is against the grain
I go driving ...
2023-07-22 15:34:40 +0000 UTC View Post"Ghost Of The Heart"
words and music: Terry Scott Taylor
Way back of my heart is the motive for this
I ask the question “Did I do it for self?”
I need the light on
The monster of vanity
Gets frightened by the ghost of the heart
An observation that’s pertinent to
The subject which I want to address is
<... 2023-06-22 23:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy Back Pages
words and music: Bob Dylan
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin’ high and mighty traps
Countless fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ‘neath heated brow
Chorus
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now...
2023-06-14 16:01:08 +0000 UTC View Postthis is my actual demo for the song "The Uses Of Adversity"
I found your handprints on the pages of history
I said your ways are past finding out
'Cause you're much too small if you're not a Mystery
So don't send me rain if I bloom in drought
No don't send me certainty
If it's best for ...
I turned 73 years old on May 24th! Wow...God is good. Thank you for all the wonderful well wishes. I loves yas!
2023-06-05 15:12:59 +0000 UTC View PostNow that I've gotten silly songs, hymns, instrumentals and covers songs out of my system, (for a while anyway), I need you good folks in the Inner Circle to help me out in picking some new songs to present to you in the "Demo" style upon which this site was originally founded.
Please suggest a song from my catalog that you'd like to hear as I may have originally conceived it, before the b...
2023-05-22 20:13:17 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor Ironbeard
words and music: German folksong
I am Doctor Ironbeard….
People think I’m really smart
Twilly willy witt boom boom
I cure your ills with healing art
Twilly willy wit boom boom
Oh I can make the blind man walk
Twiilly willy wit boom boom
The deaf to see, the dumb to walk
Twilly w...
2023-05-22 20:06:24 +0000 UTC View PostCatalina Magdalena
music and lyrics: author unknown
There was a girl who had a funny name
Her Poppy gave it to her just the same same same!
Chorus:
Catalina Magdalena Oogansteina Walendina Hogan Logan Bogan
Was her name
She had two eyes in her head
One was yellow and t...
2023-05-15 19:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostTerry Scott Taylor
presents
Short, Sweet, and Stupid
A compendium of old and obscure novelty tunes
guaranteed to get into your head at night in bed and make you
regret the day you were born
"The Ki-Bo Kids"
(music and lyrics: Composer unknown)
guitar: T.S. Taylor
Here's yet another fun alternate mix by Eric Townsend of this ¡Alarma! classic.
We didn't put this on any of the bonus discs so you guys are hearing it first!
Enjoy!!
2023-05-04 12:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTerry Scott Taylor
presents
Short, Sweet, and Stupid
A compendium of old and obscure novelty tunes
guaranteed to get in your head at night in bed and make you
regret the day you were born.
"Dunderbeck...
2023-04-26 22:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostWere You There?
words and music: composed by enslaved African Americans during the 19th century)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh sometimes it causes me to tremble tremble tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the...
2023-04-09 21:37:30 +0000 UTC View PostTerry Scott Taylor
presents
SHORT, SWEET, and STUPID
A compendium of old and obscure novelty tunes
guaranteed to get in your head at night and make you
regret the day you were born
Hey Kids!
Unkie Terry here! Today, boys and girls, we launch our series of short, silly novelty songs fr...
2023-04-03 18:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the full download for this one, including the older songs.
Imaginary Places
music: Terry Scott Taylor
guitars and keyboards: T.S.Taylor
note:
As you know, every once and awhile I get the urge to do an instrumental. Here’s one. Enjoy.
2023-03-23 21:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostKnockin’ On Heaven’s Door
words and music: Bob Dylan
Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Ooh
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s getting dark, too dark to see
I feel I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knoc...
2023-03-12 19:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostSome recommended books I’ve read lately
The Splendid and the Vile
A saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz
Eric Larson
Larson is as good as it gets when it comes to turning historical events into fast-paced, immensely readable novel-like accounts. His “The Devil In The White City” is a must-read classic of the ge...
2023-03-07 23:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to bust out the board games. Suggestions?
2023-03-02 03:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostLord Protect My Child
words and music: Bob Dylan
For his age he is wise
He’s got his mother’s eyes
There’s gladness in his heart
He’s young and he’s wild
My only prayer is if I can’t be there
Lord, protect my child
As his youth now unfolds
He is centuries old
Seein’ him at play makes m...
2023-02-25 07:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s Where Jesus Is
words and music: Terry Scott Taylor
He’s not sittin’ up in the Whitehouse
Not subject to your big debates
Keeps his hands completely off Wall Street
Don’t own stock, bonds, or real estate
He ain’t up droppin’ bombs on people
Or workin’ on a college degree
He tunes out all the...
2023-02-17 20:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostAnd The Word Was…
music: Terry Scott Taylor
words: Gospel of St. John: verse 1-5, 14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in th...
2023-01-14 21:05:25 +0000 UTC View PostA Merry Little Christmas
words and music: Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be gay
From now on our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Ha...
2022-12-14 05:57:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
2022-12-07 06:12:04 +0000 UTC View PostAnd The Ship Sails On
(The Colombia River Song Cycle)
music: Terry Scott Taylor
guitars and effects: T.S. Taylor
Note:
With “The Ship Sails On” we come to the end of our song cycle celebrating the Colombia River and its surroundings. I hope you’ve enjoyed the voyage as much as I have. As I’ve shared in ...
2022-11-30 03:40:46 +0000 UTC View Post
These little girls make it so joyous. Happy Thanksgiving friends!!
2022-11-23 05:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostUnkie Terry lets us in on a few of his special secrets. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!
2022-10-25 03:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostBridge Of The Gods
(The Columbia River Song Cycle)
music: Terry Scott Taylor
guitars: T.S. Taylor
note:
We now travel back in time (approximately the year 1450), when a major landslide, called the Bonneville Slide, dammed the Columbia River near present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon. The landslide created a natural da...
2022-10-06 05:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The whole family went down to the beach for a little getaway. So thankful for them.
2022-09-27 01:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostAround The Bend
(The Columbia River Song Cycle)
music: Terry Scott Taylor
Guitars: T.S. Taylor
note:
Our song-cycle continues.
Imagine ourselves among the first Europeans to discover the Columbia River. Our vessel, unlike many others before us, has somehow managed to navigate the treacherous tides of the ...
2022-09-26 18:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post