Lyrics to
Tall Man

This version of Tall Man was released by Dolly Parton in 1970.

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Oh I wish I was a kissin’ tree a growin’ in the ground
And every time my sweet pass by I’d throw some kisses down
And if he wants more kisses here’s all he has to do
Just come up here that kissin’ tree and I’ll give him some kissin’ to
I love a tall man he ain’t a small man my man is all man and the only man for me
Now I wish I was a kissin’ tree out on the lone prairie
And everytime my sweet pass by he’d steal a kiss from me
And if he wants more kisses here’s all he has to know
Just plant me down in a Texas town and watch them kisses grow
I love a tall man he ain’t a small man my man is all man and the only man for me
And the only one for me ooh

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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides Tall Man. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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About Lyrics and Tall Man by Dolly Parton

The lyrics for Tall Man are defined as the words making up the song released by Dolly Parton in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Tall Man have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Dolly Parton 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 Tall Man by Dolly Parton 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 Tall Man" means the words set to the music of Tall Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Tall Man and the lyrics to Tall Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tall Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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