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Part Time Man

This version of Part Time Man was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1972.

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It was in the evening paper under General Vacancy
“Part time man required in a local factory”
I put my Sunday suit on and I gave my old boots a brush
I got on my old two wheeler as I was in a rush

“Wait over there in the queue, come here when I call your name.”
There’s about ten or twenty part time men, they all look just the same
“Alfred Webster?” – “Yes, that’s me.” – “Kindly come this way.”
With fingers crossed I follow him and I hope it’s my lucky day

All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That’s all)
All I wanted to be was a part time man

With shaky hand I started to the best that I was able
The man I had come to see smiled across the table
I filled in all questions, name, address and occupation
What I did in World War Three, and my present situation

All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That’s all, that’s all)
All I wanted to be was a part time man

I went back to the waiting room and they asked me what he said
Before I had time to answer a woman came out and shook her head
Returned from where I came from to my old and faithful cat
I turned off the light in my eyes and that’s the end, that
Oh yeah

All I wanted to be was a part time man
All I wanted to be was a part time man
All I wanted to be was a part time man
(All I wanted to be was a part time man)
All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That’s all, that’s all, that’s all)

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About Lyrics and Part Time Man by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The lyrics for Part Time Man are defined as the words making up the song released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Part Time 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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band 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 Part Time Man by Manfred Mann's Earth Band 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 Part Time Man" means the words set to the music of Part Time Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 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 Part Time Man and the lyrics to Part Time Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Manfred Mann's Earth Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Part Time Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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