Lyrics to
Simple Man

This version of Simple Man was released by Bad Company in 1976.

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I am just a simple man, working on the land
Oh it ain’t easy
I am just a simple man, working with my hands
Oh believe me
Freedom is the only thing means a damn to me
Oh you can’t fake it
Freedom is the only song, sings a song for me
Oh we’re gonna make it

I am just a simple man, trying to be me
Oh it ain’t easy
I am just a simple man, trying to be free
Oh believe me
Freedom is the only thing means a damn to me
Oh you can’t fake it
Freedom is the only song, sings a song for me
Oh we’re gonna make it

I am just a simple man, working on the land
Oh it ain’t easy
I’m just a simple man, working with my hands
Oh baby, believe me
I’m just a simple man, yeah yeah
Freedom is the only thing means a damn to me
I’m just a simple man, yeah

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Bad Company has released many songs over the years besides Simple Man. Bad Company released songs from 1974 to 1996 spanning across albums like Bad Company, Straight Shooter, Run With The Pack, Burnin' Sky, Desolation Angels, Rough Diamonds, Fame And Fortune, Dangerous Age, Holy Water, Here Comes Trouble, Company Of Strangers, and Stories Told & Untold. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bad Company.

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About Lyrics and Simple Man by Bad Company

The lyrics for Simple Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Bad Company. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Simple Man have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Simple Man - Bad Company and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Simple Man by Bad Company in multiple ways. 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 Simple Man" means the words set to the music of Simple Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bad Company. 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 Simple Man and the lyrics to Simple Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bad Company who came here looking just for the lyrics to Simple Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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