Lyrics to
Modern Man Blues

This version of Modern Man Blues was released by 10Cc in 1977.

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I’m tired Lord and I’m drawn
And I’m chilled right to the bone
I crawled home from my work
And this note said she was gone
Said your dinner’s in the cat
And your love is out the door
I’m goin’ back to my momma
And I don’t want you no more, no more
She said she don’t want me no more
She’s gone back to her momma
Said she’s never never comin’ back no more

Now a man can take so much
And only heaven knows his limit
But a naggin’ bitchin’ woman
Digs a hole and puts him in it
A sophisticated man
Needs a little something on the side
So what you don’t get at home
You’ve gotta get outside, hey

She’s gone
I’m spending all of my money
She’s gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She’s gone
I’m so glad my woman’s gone

Now time goes marching on
And it won’t wait for you
You’ve gotta take it when it’s offered
And get it when it’s due
Now a man can move much faster
Without a millstone around his neck
So if you get the chance to lose it
You’ve gotta drop it and run like heck, hey

She’s gone
I’m spending all of my money
She’s gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She’s gone
I’m so glad my woman’s gone

She’s gone
I’m spending all of my money
She’s gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She’s gone
I’m so glad my woman’s gone

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About Lyrics and Modern Man Blues by 10Cc

When you decide to study the lyrics to Modern Man Blues, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by 10Cc. Some of the lyrics to Modern Man Blues have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only 10Cc and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Modern Man Blues 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 Modern Man Blues" means the words set to the music of Modern Man Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Modern Man Blues and the lyrics to Modern Man Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Modern Man Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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