Lyrics to
A Man Like Me

This version of A Man Like Me was released by Styx in 1974.

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eight days a week with my baby at home
and you know that she’s my tender honey

baby I’ve been good
but you know it’s rough
when you’re spending all of my money

ain’t no disputin’ I’m your man
you know I want to tell the world

you’re the only woman
show me what love can be
you’re the only woman
that understands a man like me

rock and roll is a way of life
but don’t you know it brings me down
music is my game but when I’m home
I treat a lady like she’s wearing a crown

stranded in the storm ’round Lakewood Way
you know who comes to mind

she’s the only woman
show me what love can be
she’s the only woman
that understands a man like me

when I’m away with time to kill
just sittin’ around gettin’ high
thinking about your sweet sweet love
I wanna jump on a plane and fly

sweet little susie
show me what love can be
she’s the only woman
that understands a man
she understands a man
(like me)

she’s the only woman
she’s the only woman
she’s the only woman

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Styx has released many songs over the years besides A Man Like Me. Styx released songs from 1972 to 2005 spanning across albums like Styx, Styx II, The Serpent Is Rising, Man Of Miracles, Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight, Cornerstone, Paradise Theater, Kilroy Was Here, Caught In The Act, Edge Of The Century, Return To Paradise, Brave New World, and Big Bang Theory. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Styx.

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About Lyrics and A Man Like Me by Styx

The lyrics to A Man Like Me are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Styx used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to A Man Like Me have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Styx and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to A Man Like Me by Styx. 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 Like Me" means the words set to the music of A Man Like Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. 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 Like Me and the lyrics to A Man Like Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Man Like Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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