Lyrics to
Man Overboard

This version of Man Overboard was released by Blondie in 1976.

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Man overboard, sinking in a sea of love
Man overboard, he jumped, didn’t need a shove
Oh, I’ve been sailing the sea of love, experiencing romance
With what I know (with what I know) he never stood a chance
He gave it all for love
He gave it all for love

Said, lower the boats, he’s sinking in a sea of love
Lower the boats, he’s sinking in a sea of love
Yeah, I’ve been sailing the sea of love, experiencing romance
With what I know (with what I know) he never stood a chance

No! Man overboard
Man overboard
Man overboard
Man overboard
Throw him a line
Man overboard

He gave it all for love
He gave it all for love
He gave it, he gave it all for love
Man overboard
(He gave it)

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About Lyrics and Man Overboard by Blondie

When you decide to study the lyrics to Man Overboard, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Blondie. Some of the lyrics to Man Overboard have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Blondie and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Man Overboard if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Man Overboard" means the words set to the music of Man Overboard, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. 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 Man Overboard and the lyrics to Man Overboard are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to Man Overboard, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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