Lyrics to
Mystery Man

This version of Mystery Man was released by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers in 1976.

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Don’t hide from me baby
Shame on you
Incognito honey you’re so crude
I don’t mind
Take me hand
Baby I wanna be your mystery man

Yeah you got ruby lipstick
Rose petal rouge
And dime store jewelry
Cheap perfume
I don’t mind, take my hand
Honey I wanna be your mystery man

You know I do, you know I do
Oh you know I do, you i do
Yeah you know I do, you know I do
Baby you know I do, you know I do

Don’t hide from me baby
Shame on you
Incognito honey you’re so crude
I don’t mind
Take me hand
Baby I wanna be your mystery man

You know I do, you know I do
Oh you know I do, you i do
Yeah you know I do, you know I do
Baby you know I do, you know I do

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About Lyrics and Mystery Man by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

The lyrics to Mystery Man are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Mystery Man have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Mystery Man by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. 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 Mystery Man" means the words set to the music of Mystery Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. 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 Mystery Man and the lyrics to Mystery Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mystery Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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