Lyrics to
Broken Man

This version of Broken Man was released by Status Quo in 1975.

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Sitting by a broken window
Up in a back room swallowing wine
Gazing down a backstreet garden
With my bed chair table and wine
Looks like I’m going no where but no where’s where I am
Guess I?ll always be a backstreet broken man

Calling out my name and number
As I was walking out of my cell
Louie gave me back my wallet
He nearly dropped my picture of Nell
Drinking gets you nowhere but nowhere’s where I am
Guess I?ll always be a backstreet broken man
Oh broken man, oh yeah, broken man

Early on a Sunday morning
As I was walking on down the lane
Someone said, I beg your pardon
And I was sure I knew her name
She was going somewhere but nowhere’s where I ran
Guess I?ll always be a backstreet broken man
Oh that’s where I am, guess I’ll always be a backstreet broken man

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About Lyrics and Broken Man by Status Quo

The lyrics to Broken Man are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Status Quo in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Broken Man are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Status Quo and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Broken Man back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Broken Man by Status Quo in a number of 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 Broken Man" means the words set to the music of Broken Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Broken Man and the lyrics to Broken Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Broken Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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