Lyrics to
Magic Man

This version of Magic Man was released by Heart in 1976.

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Cold late night so long ago
When I was not so strong you know
A pretty man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
I could not run away
It seemed we’d seen each other in a dream
It seemed like he knew me
He looked right through me
“Come on home, girl” he said with a smile
“You don’t have to love me yet
Let’s get high awhile
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
I’m a magic man.”

Winter nights we sang in tune
Played inside the months of moon
Never think of never
Let this spell last forever
Summer over passed to fall
Tried to realized it all
Mama says she’s a worried
Growing up in a hurry

“Come on home, girl” mama cried on the phone
“Too soon to lose my baby yet my girl should be at home!”
“But try to understand, try to understand
Try try try to understand
He’s a magic man, mama
He’s a magic man”

“Come on home, girl” he said with a smile
“I cast my spell of love on you a woman from a child!
But try to understand, try to understand
I’m a magic man!”

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About Lyrics and Magic Man by Heart

The lyrics for Magic Man are defined as the words making up the song released by Heart in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Magic 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 Heart 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 Magic Man by Heart 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 Magic Man" means the words set to the music of Magic Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. 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 Magic Man and the lyrics to Magic Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Magic Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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