Lyrics to
Steamroller

This version of Steamroller was released by James Taylor in 1970.

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Well, I’m a steamroller, baby, I’m bound to roll all over you.
Yes, I’m a steamroller now, baby, I’m bound to roll all over you.
I’m gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock ‘n roll and shoot you full of rhythm and blues.

Well, I’m a cement mixer, a churning urn of burning funk.
Yes, I’m a cement mixer for you, baby, a churning urn of burning funk.
Well, I’m a demolition derby, yes, a hefty hunk of steaming junk.

Now, I’m a napalm bomb, baby, just guaranteed to blow your mind.
Yeah, I’m a napalm bomb for you, baby, just guaranteed to blow your mind
And if I can’t have your love for my own, sweet child, won’t be nothing left behind,
It seems how lately, baby, got a bad case steamroller blues.

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About Lyrics and Steamroller by James Taylor

The lyrics for Steamroller are defined as the words making up the song released by James Taylor in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Steamroller have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only James Taylor and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Steamroller by James Taylor if you think through it. 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 Steamroller" means the words set to the music of Steamroller, 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 Steamroller and the lyrics to Steamroller 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 Steamroller, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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