Terry Scott Taylor
Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record pr… Read Full Bio ↴Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies. Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs, and has released several solo albums. He also composed the music for the video games The Neverhood Chronicles, Skullmonkeys, and Boom Bots. He lives in San Jose, California.

Taylor is highly regarded for his songwriting skills. These often include allusions to and reworkings of material ranging from Elizabethan poets to modern authors. Foremost among Taylor's influences is William Blake. The Daniel Amos album title Fearful Symmetry was drawn from Blake's poem "The Tyger," and numerous songs across the The Alarma! Chronicles series of albums have Blake-inspired references. Some other poets who have influenced Taylor's work are T.S. Eliot and Christina Rosetti. Eliot's poetry inspired the song "Hollow Man" from the Doppelgänger album. "Where Dreams Come True" from Taylor's solo LP A Briefing for the Ascent draws heavily from Rosetti's poem "Echo."

The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid-1980's can be found in the book Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death. This book, compiled by Walter de la Mare and published in 1939, contains poems and essays that appear in Taylor's songwriting. De la Mare is thanked in the liner notes of the final installment of The Alarma! Chronicles, Fearful Symmetry. References to contemporary authors also appear in Taylor's songs. One example is the song "Shape of Air" from the LP Darn Floor-Big Bite. The song explores the mystical musings of Annie Dillard found in her Pulitzer prize-winning book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The album is also heavily inspired by the works of Czesław Miłosz. This is especially evident in songs like "The Unattainable Earth" (which was named after one of Miłosz' books), "Safety Net", "Pictures of the Gone World", "Divine Instant", and "Half Light, Epoch, and Phase".

During the 1990s and into the new millennium, Taylor's songwriting for the Lost Dogs and on other projects turned away from more esoteric themes. The songs crafted during this phase of Taylor's career marked a shift toward "Americana" and, in some ways, a return to the country music sound of Daniel Amos in the early 1970s. The primary vehicle for this phase of Taylor's songwriting career is the Lost Dogs, with a number of noteworthy solo projects. The Lost Dogs began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label at that time. Taylor, Gene Eugene (of Adam Again), Derri Daugherty (of The Choir), and Michael Roe (of The 77s) have released several eclectic albums of traditional American music (country, folk, blues, rock) over the last decade.
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Terry Scott Taylor Lyrics


(Out Of) The Wild Wood My beautiful dreamer This bird has flown Arise and come foll…
A Briefing For The Ascent Take a burning spear And the savior's promise Ride a horse o…
Angels Must Smile Like That Woke up lying in her garden bed The sun came up…
Big Shot & Miniature Girl There's a miniature girl Who orbits 'round my world (This ma…
Boomtown Skeletons are moving under ground There are angels on the sl…
Built Her a Cloud I've got a princess who wears a second hand dress She tell…
Capistrano Beach Chorus: Oh fly on you mixed up swallows, this is not the…
Chicken Crosses The Road So you concede You're on the spot Find all you need In what…
Confused and Upset (uninterpretable gibberish, except for "I don't know!&q…
Cough Drops Boo doot boo Boo doot boo.....etc. (HACK!) Bah biddly biddl…
Cowboys With Engines By the diamond in the lane Theres a crimson red stain (mar…
Dancing on Light Heart, warming in the afterglow Right here, where i see the…
Dum Da Dum Doi Doi Dum da dum doi doi doi Dum da dum doi doi Dum…



Elevated Structure of Terror The sky is on fire, burning black gold Eyes of the…
Ever After PETER You stand before me and I barely know you Is it…
Everybody Way Oh ! Everybody way oh! 4x Everybody hey, everybody hey Everybody …
Here He Comes, Second Time Bop! Bomp! Eddie saves money and time He puts them in a…
Holy Emmanuel Wise men still looking for Him Children still come and ador…
Homina Homina Homina homina boo da boo (3x) Ricky ticky ticky ricky ticky…
Into The Deep You were asleep And now your eyes are open Into the deep …
Kind Word Chorus: Kind word Lookin' for a kind word in a dark world…
Light Princess Hand to teary eyes Brush shadows (I see it now) Much to…
Mr. Flutter Well, I'm in a mess And I need a friend I've been…
Olley Oxen Free Mmm mmm mmm mmm.... Homina bwerdi bwer bwer Homina bwerdi b…
Picture of You In my weary soul I hold The treasure of Your ever-present…
Pie Hole I'm all for strong women and what they have to say They…
Song Of Innocence A child floating down on a cloud in the sky Said…
Sound Effects Record #32 Sound effects record number thirty-two: Man reading: ..... …
Southern Front Porch Whistler (non vocal)…
Startin' Monday Startin' Monday I'm cleanin' the slate, gonna quit smokin'…
The Afternoon How she loved the dawn's golden colors brushed on the tree…
The Neverhood Theme Contemplating Klaymen Clitton Klatton Klogg We behold it's H…
The Weasel Chase (non vocal)…
Too Many Angels Too many angels near the ground They're buzzin' 'round like …
Waiting The outside world's incontinent The wall's no longer our fen…
With What I Should Have Said When I'm by myself I'm quite the magician with the turn of…
Writer's Block I paint a thousand pictures here On the inside of my…
You Lay Down In a garden of thorns my Rose of Sharon bleeds till she's…
You Told Them Exactly What I Didn't Say You told them exactly what I didn't say Exactly how I…


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