before this world (1)
JAMES TAYLOR
basic information
| release date | 2015 June, 17 |
| country of manufacture | Japan |
| label | Concord Records |
| catalog no. |
UCCO-1157 |
| format | CD |
| note of registration | P2015 James Taylor ©2015 Sony Music Entertainment |
| recording | by Chuck Ainlay at Masterfonics (The Tracking Room), Nashville, TN, 1999 oberdubs at Soundstage Studios, Nashville, TN |
| mixing | by Chuck Ainlay at Masterfonics (The Tracking Room) |
| mastering | by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound |
| production |
Mark Knopfler and Chuck Ainlay |
| credits | Thank you: Jonathan Bays, Tracy Bufferd, Sandeep Das... and the etire team at Concord Music Group |
musicians
| James Taylor | vocals, acoustic guitar |
| Richard Bennett | bouzouki |
| Jim Cox | piano |
| Guy Fletcher | keyboards |
| Glenn Worf | bass |
| Chad Cromwell | drums |
tracks
| 11 | pretty boy Floyd [5:10] |
lyrics
11
pretty boy Floyd
(Woody Guthrie)
Gather round me people, and my story I will tell
About pretty boy Floyd an outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well
It was in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon
And his wife beside him in a buggy as into town he rode
Deputy sheriff approached him in a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language which Miss Floyd overheard
So pretty boy grabbed a log chain and the deputy drew a gun
And in the fight that followed he laid that deputy down
He fled to the hills and woodlands just in live a life of shame
Every crime in Oklahoma it was added to his name
He fled to the hills and woodlands of the Canadian river shore
But the outlaw found a welcome at many a poor farmers door
Yes and many a starving farmer the same old story told
How an outlaw paid their mortgage and saved their little home
Others tell you about a stranger come begging for the meal
And underneath a napkin left a thousand dollar bill
It was in Oklahoma city on a rainy Christmas day
Come a boxcar loaded with groceries and a letter that did say
"The tell me that I'm an outlaw and they hear that I'm a thief
Well now here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief"
As through life I've travelled and seen lots of funny men
Some will rob you with a six gun, and some with a fountain pen
As through your life you ramble, lord and as through life you roam
You won't never see an outlaw drive a family from their home
(That be more like a bank)
Bug Music obo by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. (BMI)
notes
Taken from the booklet:
BONUS TRACKS
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