Here's another song by James Taylor that I like:
Line 'Em Up-By James Taylor
Oh, I remember Richard Nixon back in '74
And, the final scene at the White House door
And the staff lined up just to say goodbye,
Tiny tear and shifting a lie he said:
"Nobody knows me, nobody understands.
Little people were good to me, oh I'm gonna shake some
hands.
Somebody line 'em up, line 'em all up
Yeah line 'em up, line 'em all up
Line 'em up, line 'em all up
Sure line 'em up, line 'em all up
I've had a time when my heart was all broken
I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke
And I turned away from my loveing kind
Try to leave my body and live in my mind
But it's much to much emotion
To holding your hand
They've got waves out on the ocean
They're gonna wear away the land
Help me line 'em up, line 'em all up
Oh line 'em up, line 'em all up
Help me line 'em up, line 'em all up
Oh line 'em up, line 'em all up
I've seen corn in Kansas
And I've seen picket fences
And certain cowboy dances
I've gone lineing up for shows
I've been safely placed in a rose
Yeah I know how this goes...
Another day goes by little time machine
I'm breaking my brain over what it might mean
Just to claim the time, just to turn the way
To make today, 'today'
Who waits for you?
Lonely tired old toad
Got your life layed out before ya
Like a broken white line down the center of a
road
Oh line 'em up, line 'em all up
Yeah line 'em up, line 'em all up
Line 'em up, line 'em all up
Won't you line 'em up, line 'em all up
Now..big moon landing, people all standing up
Smiles for the loved ones
We go walkin on down the aisles
Each re-engages, stepping into a sun
I watch them, turn like pages
One by one by one
Oh line 'em up, line 'em all up
Won't you line 'em up, line 'em all up
Line 'em up, line 'em all up
Line 'em up, line 'em all up
It works when you
Line 'em up, line 'em all up...."
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