Lyrics to
Let Me Ride

This version of Let Me Ride was released by James Taylor in 1971.

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Hand me down my golden crown and let me ride, don’t deny the highway in my soul.
Jump and sing that silver thing that I feel inside, Hallelujah, let that big wheel roll.

It’s time to give me just a little bit of old time glory.
I’m talking about the coming of the sunshine story.
Set this poor soul free, let it be.

Break these bonds that hold my soul and I’m on my way.
I can’t help feeling there’s no time to lose.
I done made my mind up yesterday that I just can’t stay,
so hand me down my highway shoes.

It’s time to give me just a little bit of old time glory.
I’m talking about the coming of the sunshine story.
Set this poor soul free, let it be.

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About Lyrics and Let Me Ride by James Taylor

The lyrics to Let Me Ride are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that James Taylor used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Let Me Ride have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only James Taylor 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 Let Me Ride by James Taylor. 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 Let Me Ride" means the words set to the music of Let Me Ride, 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 Let Me Ride and the lyrics to Let Me Ride 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 Let Me Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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