James Taylor You’ve Got a Friend HQ with Lyrics in Description

Track 2 from his third album “Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon” released in 1971 copyright Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at Crystal Sound Studios in Los Angeles and was his third produced by Peter Asher. This was the follow-up to his breakthrough album “Sweet Baby James” and his cover of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” became his only No. 1 hit on the Billboard chart. The album received above average reviews and reached No. 17 in Norway, No. 12 in Australia, No. 4 in Canada and the U.K. and No. 2 in the U.S. It’s been certified 2X Platinum in the U.S. Written by Carole King and produced by Peter Asher. RIP John Hartford, Andrew Love & Wayne Jackson. Featuring:

James Taylor – Lead vocals, acoustic guitars & background vocals, piano on “Places in My Past” & “Highway Song”
Special Guests:
Danny Kortchmar – Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars & congas
Carole King – Piano & background vocals
The Memphis Horns:
Wayne Jackson – Trumpet
Andrew Love – Tenor sax
Leland Sklar – Bass
Russ Kunkel – Drums, congas, cowbell, cabasa & tambourine
Kevin Kelly – Accordion on “Places in My Past” & piano on “Let Me Ride”
John Hartford – Banjo on “Riding on a Railroad”
Richard Greene – Violin on “Riding on a Railroad”
Peter Asher – Tambourine & background vocals
Joni Mitchell – Background vocals
Kate Taylor – Background vocals
Gale Haness – Background vocals

When you’re down and troubled and you need a helpin’ hand
And nothin’, whoa, nothin’ is goin’ right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’, oh, yeah, baby, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer, or fall
All you got to do is call and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah, you’ve got a friend

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud now
Soon I’ll be knockin’ upon your door

You just (call out my name and you know wherever I am)
(I’ll come runnin’) oh, yes, I will to see you again
(Winter, spring, summer, or fall) yeah
All you got to do is call and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
When people can be so cold?
They’ll hurt you and desert you, well, they’ll take your soul if you let them
Oh, yeah, but don’t you let them

You just (call out my name and you know wherever I am)
(I’ll come runnin’) to see you again, oh, baby, don’t you know ’bout
(Winter, spring, summer, or fall)
Hey now, all you got to do is call, Lord, I’ll be there, yes, I will, you’ve got a friend
You’ve got a friend, yeah
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend
Oh, yeah, yeah, you’ve got a friend

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