Lyrics to
Trouble Man

This version of Trouble Man was released by Marvin Gaye in 1972.

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I’ve come of heart, baby, but now I’m cool
I didn’t make it surely, playin’ by the rules
I’ve come of heart, baby, but now I’m fine
I’m checkin’ trouble, sure movin’ down the line
I’ve come of heart, baby, but that’s OK
‘Cause Trouble Man don’t get in my way

I’ve come of heart, baby
I’ve been for real, baby
Gonna keep movin’, gonna roll to town
I’ve come of heart, come on, get down
There’s only 3 things for sure:
Taxes, death and trouble

This I know, baby, this I know, child
Yeah, let the sweat through you, baby
Get me singin’, yeah, yeah, ooo

I’ve come of heart, baby, I had to fight
Took him on madness with all my might
I’ve come of heart, I had to win
Then start all over and then again
I’ve come of heart, but that’s OK
‘Cause Trouble Man don’t get in my way

I’ve heard some places and I’ve seen some places
I’ve never had tensions, I give my directions
When people say; that’s OK, they don’t bother me
I’m ready to make it, don’t care ’bout the weather
Don’t care ’bout no trouble, got myself together
No laughin’, no cryin’, protection’s all around me

I’ve come of heart, baby
I’ve been for real, baby
With the Trouble Man
Movin’, goin’ tight
I’ve come of heart, come on, get down
There’s only 3 things for sure:
Taxes, death and trouble

This I know, baby, baby
This I know, baby, baby
Hey now, let it sweat, baby

I’ve come of heart, but now I’m cool
I didn’t make it, baby, playin’ by the rules
I’ve come of heart, baby, but now I’m fine
I’m checkin’ trouble, sure movin’ down the line

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Marvin Gaye has released many songs over the years besides Trouble Man. Marvin Gaye released songs from 1961 to 1985 spanning across albums like The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye, That Stubborn Kinda Fella, Together, How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, Moods Of Marvin Gaye, Take Two, United, You're All I Need, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Easy, M.P.G., That's The Way Love Is, What's Going On, Trouble Man, Let's Get It On, Diana & Marvin, I Want You, Here, My Dear, Midnight Love, Romantically Yours, and Dream Of A Lifetime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Marvin Gaye.

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About Lyrics and Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye

The lyrics for Trouble Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Marvin Gaye. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Trouble 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 Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye 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 Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye 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 Trouble Man" means the words set to the music of Trouble Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. 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 Trouble Man and the lyrics to Trouble Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to Trouble Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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