Well everybody knows down Ladbrook grove You have to leap across the street You can lose your life under a taxi cab You gotta have eyes in your feet You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down Take up your guitar and play But then the law man comes says move along So you move along all day Well I'm a one man band Nobody knows nor understands Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand With my one man band For three days now I haven't eaten at all My my you must be getting so thin And soon my cap won't be large enough To drop a half a crown in So hey there mister don't you look so sad Don't look so ill at ease Well I can play you any song you like To cheer up that life you lead Well I'm a one man band Nobody knows nor understands Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand With my one man band And oh oh oh look at the rain falling Oh oh oh look at it rain Oh look at it rain Well nobody sees the minstrel boy as he sings his tale of woe Nobody sees him coming Nobody see him go So hey there mister don't you look so sad Don't look so ill at ease Well I can play you any song you like To cheer up that life you lead Well I'm a one man band Nobody knows nor understands Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand With my one man band Well I'm a one man band Nobody knows nor understands Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand With my one man band Oh I'm a one man band Just a one man band Oh I'm a one man band
One of Leo's best tracks from 1974 with help from Ry Cooder on guitar , the descriptive lyrics really do capture a street entertainer who is down on his luck , struggling to make ends meet and constantly on the move due to intrusive complaints. Here's a link to the most famous one man band of them all , Don Partridge , with his best known tune , 'Rosie' , he had 3 UK chart hits in the late 1960's and spent decades busking all over Europe !. ua-cam.com/video/SrwooInC2DM/v-deo.html
O wow, how this takes me back :)
Well everybody knows down Ladbrook grove
You have to leap across the street
You can lose your life under a taxi cab
You gotta have eyes in your feet
You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down
Take up your guitar and play
But then the law man comes says move along
So you move along all day
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man band
For three days now I haven't eaten at all
My my you must be getting so thin
And soon my cap won't be large enough
To drop a half a crown in
So hey there mister don't you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
Well I can play you any song you like
To cheer up that life you lead
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man band
And oh oh oh look at the rain falling
Oh oh oh look at it rain
Oh look at it rain
Well nobody sees the minstrel boy as he sings his tale of woe
Nobody sees him coming
Nobody see him go
So hey there mister don't you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
Well I can play you any song you like
To cheer up that life you lead
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man band
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man band
Oh I'm a one man band
Just a one man band
Oh I'm a one man band
One of Leo's best tracks from 1974 with help from Ry Cooder on guitar , the descriptive lyrics really do capture a street entertainer who is down on his luck , struggling to make ends meet and constantly on the move due to intrusive complaints. Here's a link to the most famous one man band of them all , Don Partridge , with his best known tune , 'Rosie' , he had 3 UK chart hits in the late 1960's and spent decades busking all over Europe !. ua-cam.com/video/SrwooInC2DM/v-deo.html
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