Lyrics to
Common Mortal Man

This version of Common Mortal Man was released by Free in 1973.

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I was on my way to a needle factory
Up and coming prospects was a waiting there for me
I was selling my wares three bucks a share
Three bucks a share
Three bucks a share

I was walking down, down a rocky road and found
A noisy rising sun and a quietly burning moon
They were standing in line, standing in time
Standing in time waiting for a fantastic time
Standing in line

Like a stallion chasing fear itself
Watching God sit upon his shelf
We were restless, we were restless
We were restless
But we had to keep on going we were restless

I was looking high but I was feeling low
Sun said “Man don’t sweat” the moon kept still and glowed
The truth is in the eyes of common mortal men
And you can believe it’s all in the grief of Satan
It’s all in the grief of Satan

The truth is in the eye
The truth is in the eye
The truth is in the eye
The truth is in the eye
The truth is in the eye
The truth is in the eye
And you can feel

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Free has released many songs over the years besides Common Mortal Man. Free released songs from 1968 to 1973 spanning across albums like Tons Of Sobs, Free, Fire And Water, Highway, Free At Last, and Heartbreaker. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Free.

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About Lyrics and Common Mortal Man by Free

The lyrics for Common Mortal Man are defined as the words making up the song released by Free in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Common Mortal Man have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Free and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Common Mortal Man by Free if you think through it. 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 Common Mortal Man" means the words set to the music of Common Mortal Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Free. 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 Common Mortal Man and the lyrics to Common Mortal Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Free who came here looking just for the lyrics to Common Mortal Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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