Lyrics to
Don’t Rain On My Parade

This version of Don’T Rain On My Parade was released by Diana Ross in 1974.

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Don’t tell me not to fly
I’ve simply got to
If someone takes a spill
It’s me and not you
Don’t bring around the cloud to rain on my parade

Don’t tell me not to leave
Just sit and putter
Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter
Who told you you’re allowed to rain on my parade

I’ll march my band out
I’ll beat my drum
And if I’m fanned out
Your turn at bat, sir
At least I didn’t fake it, hat, sir
I guess I didn’t make it

But whether I’m the rose of sheer perfection
A freckle on the nose of life’s complexion
A Cinderella or a shine apple of an eye
I gotta fly once
I gotta try once
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, life is juicy
Juicy and you see
I gotta have my bite, sir

Get ready for me love
‘Cause I’m a “comer”
I simply gotta march
My heart’s a drummer
Don’t bring around the cloud to rain on my parade

Yes, sir
No, sir
I’m gonna live and live now
Get what I want, I know how
All that the law will allow
One roll for the whole shebang
One throw that bell will go clang
Though I’m alone I’m a gang
Eye on the target and wham
One shot, one gun shot and bam

Hey, world, here I am…
Get ready for me life, ’cause I’m a “comer”
I simply gotta march, my heart’s a drummer
Nobody, no, nobody, is gonna rain on my parade!

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About Lyrics and Don’T Rain On My Parade by Diana Ross

The lyrics for Don’T Rain On My Parade are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Diana Ross. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Don’T Rain On My Parade 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 Don’T Rain On My Parade - Diana Ross 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 Don’T Rain On My Parade by Diana Ross 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 Don’T Rain On My Parade" means the words set to the music of Don’T Rain On My Parade, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. 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 Don’T Rain On My Parade and the lyrics to Don’T Rain On My Parade are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Rain On My Parade, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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