James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (Ohne Filter, March 27, 1986)

Ohne Filter was a popular music program run by the German public TV station SWF from 1983 to 2001. The show featured international pop and rock artists, who would typically play a 45-minute set in front of a live audience in a TV studio.
This Ohne Filter James Taylor special was recorded on March 27, 1986 and first broadcast on January 2, 1987.
Program: Ohne Filter extra: James Taylor und Band
Director: Harald Schäfer
Presenter: Frank Laufenberg
Concert Recording: 1986, SWF-Studio Baden-Baden
Production: SWF, now SWF, 1987 licensed via SWR Media Services GmbH
Band: Arnold McCuller (vocals), Rosemary Butler (vocals), Carlos Vega (drums), Lee Sklar (bass), Dan Dugmore (guitar) Bill Payne (keyboards)
LYRICS
That's Why I'm Here by Shaye Smith & Mark Springer
Person to person
And man to man
I'm back in touch with my long lost friend
Listen to reason
And understand
And think of me from way back when
He said, "Me and Melissa
Well, we fell out of love
Ran out of luck
Seems like lightning struck
I've been thinkin' of leavin'
But I can't raise a buck
James, I'm wondering, could I borrow your truck?"
I said, "That's why I'm here" (that's why I'm here)
Got no better reason
That's why I'm standing before you (that's why I'm here)
That's why I'm here
John's gone found dead
He dies high he's brown bread
Later said to have drowned in his bed
After the laughter
The wave of the dread
It hits us like a ton of lead
It seems "learn not to burn"
Means to turn on a dime
Walk on if you're walking
Even if it's an uphill climb
Try to remember that
That working's no crime
Just don't let 'em take
And waste your time
That's why I'm here (that's why I'm here)
There'll be no more messes tonight
That's why I'm here (that's why I'm here)
Whoa, that's why I'm here
This is an I.O.U
I reckon I owe you one now
Listen Wendy and listen Gloria
This'll be better tomorrow
Oh, fortune and fame's such a curious game
Perfect strangers
Can call you by name
And pay good money to hear "Fire And Rain"
Again and again and again
Oh, some are like summer
Coming back every year
Got your baby, got your blanket
Got your bucket of beer
I break into a grin
From ear to ear
And suddenly it's perfectly clear
That's why I'm here (that's why I'm here)
Singing tonight, tomorrow
And every day
That's why standin' (that's why I'm here)
Whoa, that's why I'm here
This is the part about Kitty and Bim
He loved her
And she loved him
Wake 'em up, shake 'em up
The middle of the night
You got to tell me everything's all right
I said that's why I'm here (that's why I'm here)
You got me walkin' and talkin' like a natural man
That's why I'm here (that's why I'm here)
That's why I'm here
That's right
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