Lyrics to
One Man Woman

This version of One Man Woman was released by Carly Simon in 1978.

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Well it’s plain as rain
And it’s there for all the world to see
Just ’cause everybody does it
That doesn’t make it right for me
Someone is making plans
Involvin’ my old man
Everytime I turn by back around
Feelin’ like a one man woman
Living in a two time town

Now the place I come from
People don’t grow on trees
And you can’t treat people like meat
Without getting brought to your knees
Now and then
The way I’ve been feeling
Since I hit this town
Like to jump in the river and drown
Feeling like a one man woman
Living in a two time town

Sometimes I’d like
To get out on the floor
Shake it till dawn
Some young thing
Like to teach him the bump
Make me want to take him home
Well excuse me
I don’t mean to preach no lectures
Yeah but me and my man won’t
Be able to stay for breakfast
I guess he’s got the itch
And I’m just a bitch
Who’s trying to bring him down

Feeling like a one man woman
Acting like a one man woman
I guess I’m just a one man woman

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About Lyrics and One Man Woman by Carly Simon

When you decide to study the lyrics to One Man Woman, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Carly Simon. Some of the lyrics to One Man Woman have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Carly Simon and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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