Lyrics to
I’d Do It Again

This version of I’D Do It Again was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976.

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A one man band on a one night stand
As a one man band should be
The cried for more, he replied why sure
And he played one just for free
The sounds he laid down, the songs he played
Made the ladies all come to call
He was born in the back of a Seminole bus
On the road to Niagara Falls

I’d do it again, said I’d do it again
I’d do it again

The one man band philosophical man
Didn’t lie when he said to us
I seen the high rollers come and go
It’s the holy rollers I trust
The man said then he was sixteen when
He retired from the county school
A wee bit thin with a will to begin
He was known to be no man’s fool

I’d do it again, I’d do it again
He said I’d do it again, I’d do it again
I’d do it again

The one man band was a mighty good man
Cause he played ’til the break of dawn
He ups and downs about four more rounds
And he stayed ’til the crowd went home
It seemed to me like he never could be
Like anything I’d ever seen before
When he stepped from the stage with his ax in his hand
And he run through the backstage door

I’d do it again, he said I’d do it again
I’d do it again

A one man band on a one night stand
As a one man band should be
They cried for more, he replied why sure
And he played one just for free

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About Lyrics and I’D Do It Again by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics to I’D Do It Again are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Gordon Lightfoot used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to I’D Do It Again have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Gordon Lightfoot and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I’D Do It Again by Gordon Lightfoot. 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 I’D Do It Again" means the words set to the music of I’D Do It Again, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. 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 I’D Do It Again and the lyrics to I’D Do It Again are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’D Do It Again, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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