Lyrics to
The Man I Love

This version of The Man I Love was released by Donna Summer in 1978.

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I just wanna say this
This is something I thing most of you ladies will identify with
And maybe some of you men too

Someday he’ll come along
The man I love
And he’ll be rich and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile
I’ll understand
And maybe for awhile
He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word

You know I’m the kind of lady
That always seems to find the wrong man
At the wrong place at the wrong time
It’s not that I go out looking for him
But somehow he always seems to find me
You see what I’m looking for is the kind of man
That comes home with candy
And flowers sayin’ “come on put on your dancing shoes
Cause we’re gonna wine and dine, wine and dine”
But what I always seem to find is the kind of man
That comes home fussing
And fighting, breaking my best dishes
And beat my head outside the wall
Shows no love no respect and nothing at all

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About Lyrics and The Man I Love by Donna Summer

The lyrics for The Man I Love are defined as the words making up the song released by Donna Summer in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Man I Love have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Donna Summer 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 The Man I Love by Donna Summer 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 The Man I Love" means the words set to the music of The Man I Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 The Man I Love and the lyrics to The Man I Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Man I Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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