Lyrics to
Family Man

This version of Family Man was released by James Taylor in 1976.

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Woah, Jocko, don’t expect me to come out drinking, messing around.
Spending my time with a bunch of crazy people.
Yes, I been there before, I don’t need to go back no more.
I’m just a family man, like it or not, I am a family man. I’m a-holding onto what I’ve got.
I’m a family man,, right by damn. Finally, find out what I am is a family man.

And don’t expect me to hit the road at a moment’s notice without my suitcase
with some crazy bunch of strangers in some unknown car,
Well, I’m just not willing to go that far.

The life I used to lead was a little too frantic. I guess I just got eyes to grow old and grey.
And if what I have in mind isn’t super romantic, I guess I always saw myself this way,
I’m just a family man, like it or not, said I’m a family man, holding onto what I’ve got,
I’m a family man, right by damn, I finally, find out what I am is a family man.

Sears and Roebuck. Howard Johnson. Colonel Sanders. Station wagon.
Briggs and Stratton. Second mortgage.
If I can ever lose my blues. Walk on over and turn on the TV.
What I’d like to do is lie down on the sofa later on.
I might walk my dog, baby. Bo Diddley’s a family man.

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About Lyrics and Family Man by James Taylor

The lyrics for Family Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by James Taylor. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Family Man 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 Family Man - James Taylor 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 Family Man by James Taylor 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 Family Man" means the words set to the music of Family Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by James Taylor. 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 Family Man and the lyrics to Family Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of James Taylor who came here looking just for the lyrics to Family Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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