I'D DO IT AGAIN
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1976


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.

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.

(bridge)

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 could never be
Like anything I've 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.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)