Lyrics to
Chili Dog

Released by James Taylor in 1972
From the Album: One Man Dog |

This version of Chili Dog was released by James Taylor in 1972.

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Make my bed out of Wonder Bread, spread some mustard upon my head.
I don’t want no onions or sauerkraut, mamma, hold on to the bun baby, work it on out.
I’m a chilidog. I guess you guessed by now, babe.
Sure enough, I’m a chilidog, look at me, delicious.

Don’t get jealous, better not up and get over zealous, watch out now y’all.
Come on now fella, pass me down the relish.

Don’t read no Ann Landers, just don’t feed me no Colonel Sanders,
I ain’t trying to fool you’s, don’t bring home no Orange Julius.
Gotta have one more time, get on down again, woh, woh, chilidog, baby.
Yes indeed, I want a chilidog, yeah,
talking about stone delicious, good for you too!


James Taylor has released many songs over the years besides Chili Dog. James Taylor released songs from 1968 to 2002 spanning across albums like James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon, One Man Dog, Walking Man, Gorilla, In The Pocket, JT, Flag, Dad Loves His Work, That's Why I'm Here, Never Die Young, New Moon Shine, Hourglass, and October Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by James Taylor.

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About Lyrics and Chili Dog by James Taylor

The lyrics for Chili Dog are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by James Taylor. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Chili Dog have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Chili Dog - James Taylor and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Chili Dog by James Taylor in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Chili Dog" means the words set to the music of Chili Dog, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by James Taylor. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Chili Dog and the lyrics to Chili Dog are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of James Taylor who came here looking just for the lyrics to Chili Dog, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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