Lyrics to
A Man I’ll Never Be

This version of A Man I’Ll Never Be was released by Boston in 1978.

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If I said what’s on my mind
You’d turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It’s so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I’ll never be

If only I could find a way
I’d feel like I’m the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I’ll never be

I can’t get any stronger
I can’t climb any higher
You’ll never know just how hard I’ve tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can’t be satisfied

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I’ll never be

If only I could find a way
I’d feel like I’m the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I’ll never be

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About Lyrics and A Man I’Ll Never Be by Boston

The lyrics for A Man I’Ll Never Be are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Boston. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to A Man I’Ll Never Be have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for A Man I’Ll Never Be - Boston and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to A Man I’Ll Never Be by Boston in multiple ways. 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 A Man I’Ll Never Be" means the words set to the music of A Man I’Ll Never Be, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boston. 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 A Man I’Ll Never Be and the lyrics to A Man I’Ll Never Be are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boston who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Man I’Ll Never Be, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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