Lyrics to
One Man Parade

This version of One Man Parade was released by James Taylor in 1972.

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Do believe I’m gonna clap my hands, think I might tap my feet.
Put together a one-man band, take a walk on down the street.
Have a one-man parade, nobody needs to know.
Cause I’m right good of holding on to secrets and don’t believe they show.

All I want is a little dog to be walking at my right hand.
Taking a breeze just as free as you please, maybe checking out occasional garbage cans.
Talking bout a one dog, y’all, nobody’s friend but mine.
Hey now, you can say he’s looking kind of funky, but I do believe he suits me just fine.

We were on the road again, I was wondering what to do,
but Honalei, it was pouring down rain, baby she had the low down blues.

Hey now, I was looking for my walking cane tying on my highway shoes.
Thinking ’bout a one man parade, y’all, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, hey.
I’m right good at holding on, holding on, holding on.

Honalei, it’s raining. Honalei, sure nough, it’s raining, listen here.
Honalei, it’s raining, Honalei, it’s raining muddy waters.

Thinking ’bout a one man parade, y’all, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, hey.
I’m right good at holding on, holding on, holding on.
La la la la la…

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About Lyrics and One Man Parade by James Taylor

The lyrics to One Man Parade are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that James Taylor used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to One Man Parade 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 One Man Parade 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 One Man Parade" means the words set to the music of One Man Parade, 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 One Man Parade and the lyrics to One Man Parade 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 One Man Parade, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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