 Genius Meanings
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Carole King & James Taylor – You've Got a Friend (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Carole King] / When you're down and troubled / And you need some loving care / And nothing, nothing is going right / Close your eyes and think of me / And soon I will be there
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Carole King – You've Got a Friend
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Written in 1969 by Carole King and included in her Grammy winning and Album of the Year (1972) Tapestry. It was written for her fellow co-workers, married couple, Cynthia Weil and
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James Taylor – You've Got a Friend
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“You’ve Got a Friend” was originally written by Carole King and featured on her album Tapestry.
Both Carole and James' versions of the song were recorded in 1971. At the time
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Carole King (Ft. James Taylor) – You've Got a Friend (Live)
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[Intro: Carole King] / Thank you. I'm gonna be right back. / Surprise! Oh. / We'd like to do a little tune for you. Maybe even a big tune. / [Verse 1: Carole King] / When you're
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – You’ve Got a Friend
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[Intro] / You've got a friend / You've got a friend / You've got a friend / You've got a friend / [Verse 1] / When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand / And
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Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – You’ve Got a Friend
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[Intro: Roberta Flack] / Ooh, hoo, hoo / Ooh, hoo, hoo / [Verse 1: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway] / When you're down and troubled and you need some lovin' care / And nothing
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The Brand New Heavies – You've Got A Friend
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“You’ve Got a Friend” was the third single from The Brand New Heavies' fourth album Shelter, a cover of a song previously made a hit by singer/songwriters Carole King and James
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James Taylor – Whenever You're Ready
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[Verse 1] / Little one done run out of money now, no, it doesn't seem to have a home / Left to fend for yourself in the wilderness, out there living life all alone / [Chorus
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James Taylor – Something in the Way She Moves - Live at the Colonial Theatre
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There's something in the way she moves / Or looks my way, or calls my name / That seems to leave this troubled world behind / If I'm feeling down and blue / Or troubled by some
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Taylor Swift – peace
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“peace” is a calm tune describing Swift’s maturation and changing view of romance. Like August 2019’s “The Archer,” Swift explains her shortcomings in a relationship and hopes that
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James Taylor – My Traveling Star - Live at the Colonial Theatre
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Watch my back and light my way / My traveling star, my traveling star / Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day / Old road dog, young runaway / They hunger for home but
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James Taylor – Fire and Rain
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James Taylor explained the song in an interview with David Mikkelson this way:
“Fire and Rain” has three verses. The first verse is about my reactions to the death of a friend
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James Taylor – Bittersweet
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[Verse 1] / No I don't know how to love you / The way you want me to / Cause every time I try / Something always changes with you / [Chorus 1] / First it's cold baby / And then
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James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim
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[Verse] / Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon / Whoa, Mud Slide, I'm depending on you / I don't know but I've been told / There's a time from time to time / I can't eat, I can't
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Taylor Swift – It's Nice To Have A Friend
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Infused with steel drums and choral backing vocals, “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” is a dreamy track that follows two friends from childhood to their marriage. The narrative is
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James Taylor – Up on the Roof (Live)
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[Intro] / *Clapping and cheering* / [Verse 1] / When this old world starts a-gettin' me down / And people are just too much for me to face / I'monna climb way up to the top of the
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James Taylor – Never Die Young - Live at the Colonial Theatre
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We were ring-around-the-rosy children / They were circles around the sun / Never give up, never slow down / Never grow old, never, ever die young / Synchronized with the rising
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Taylor Swift – You're On Your Own, Kid
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“You’re On Your Own, Kid” recounts a young person who longs for love but eventually understands that they are on their own as the song progresses toward its conclusion. The verses
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Carole King & James Taylor – I Feel the Earth Move (Live at the Troubadour)
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See lyrics annotations in Carole King’s original version here
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Carole King – It's Too Late
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Arguably Carole King’s most popular song (and the competition is fierce). It was released as a single and topped the charts in April, 1971. Ironically, it was displaced as No. 1 by
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Taylor Swift – Style
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“Style” details a tumultuous relationship between two people who keep coming back to each other. Swift seems to have taken inspiration from her romance with Harry Styles, even
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James Taylor – Woman's Gotta Have It
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Once upon a time a good friend of mine / Told me to tell y'all what I say today / Do the things that keep a smile on her face / Say the words that make her feel better every day
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James Taylor – Sun on the Moon (Live)
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In line, in line / It's all in line / My ducks are all in a row / They do not change / They do not move / They have nowhere to go / I've been talking to a friend of mine / Talking
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James Taylor – Company Man
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[Verse 1] / It seems you've been living on your own / Lonely and free / Looking to make yourself known / Same as me / [Verse 2] / Well I see you in the public eyes / I see you're
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Carly Simon – You're So Vain
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“You’re So Vain” is an infamously mysterious song about someone’s arrogance. It was inspired by several subjects — Simon told People in November 2015 that the second verse is about
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James Taylor – Me And My Guitar
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Me and my guitar always in the same mood / I am mostly flesh and bones and he is mostly wood / Never does grow impatient for the changes I don't know, no / If he can't go to heaven
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James Taylor – Walking Man (Live)
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Moving in silent desperation / Keeping an eye on the Holy Land / A hypothetical destination / Say, who is this walking man? / Well, the leaves have come to turning / And the goose
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