James Taylor - Sweet Baby James [Live - 45th Grammy Awards]

45th Grammy Awards - 2003

Live - Featuring: Yo-Yo Ma
Music: Sweet Baby James
Composers: James Taylor


Lyric:

There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer, his pastures to change

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but its clear
As if maybe someone could hear

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James

Now the first of december was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Lord, the berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James


©2003 The Recording Academy
©1970 Warner Bros. Records

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• Ma
• 45th
• Grammy
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• Sweet
• Baby

[woronas]

what a beautiful version. the cello sounds great

[KyotoPurpleSanga]

Love it too! Really great performance.

[CharizardphantomXD]

oh my gosh....my dad just died recently.....he LOVED this song...he'd sing this to me every night as a kid...my uncle,my dads best friend and my brother and I sung this song in front of like 500 people at the service

[larry1955]

This is the best version of a song that has NO bad versions

[onefoot7]

John Mayer introduced JT as The BluePrint, got that right...

[6grogers]

haha John Mayer at the beginning

[TheSarahfran]

gotta love the cello, great version.

[Squeaky1423]

What a GORGEOUS voice James Taylor has - it never changes! This song is so beautiful, then and now, always so beautiful.

[hawkman10]

@CharizardphantomXD I am sorry for your loss, couldn't have picked a better song though, this song gives me goose bumps so bad it actually hurts my hair follicles!

[noons96]

@CharizardphantomXD aww!!! my dad used to sing this to me too ! 

[ticklemestoney]

This is a beautiful song. Been listening to JT since the early 70's. Beautiful Song & Thanks for all the great songs! You are an awesome singer. I was dating a James back in my teens when he came out with this song. So its a very special song and Carolina On My Mind. Im a Carollina Girl & Proud of It. All his songs are awesome.

[hil3ani]

what idiot disliked this song?

[hil3ani]

@switchfootrocks11 that just made me LOL for real LOL and not fake. Its true. I love all kinds of music but i grew up listenin to him. His songs bring back so many memories.

[4kidsandamom]

:) My sweet baby James