Lyrics to
Waiting For The Man

This version of Waiting For The Man was released by Nazareth in 1976.

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Cruisin’ on down to my street corner
Where me and my friends hang out
I’m pickin’ up Billy along the way
Man he knows what it’s all about
Jed knows some chicks that can be had
He’s got his old mans car
You know that can’t be bad
Phil just got numbered in a fight
But we all jumped in now ol’ Phil’s alright
Hangin’ out together on the street
Lookin’ so hot we can’t be beat
Keepin’ so cool when we get hassled
Takin’ our time to move along
And if you’re lookin’ to start some trouble
Man you don’t know what you’re takin’ on
Me and Billy all the guys
Fat Marie with the friendly eyes
She ain’t so pretty but, ooh my my my
Street corner people waitin’ for the man
Just me and Billy and all the guys
Fat Marie with the friendly eyes
She ain’t so pretty but, ooh my my my
Street corner people, we’re waitin’ for the man
Shootin’ our job to the local ladies
Showin’ them such a good time
Drinkin’ our wine and gettin’ crazy
And movin’ on down the line
Just me and Billy, all the guys
Fat Marie with the friendly eyes
She ain’t so pretty but, ooh my my my
We’re just street corner people waitin’ for the man
Me and Billy, all the guys
Fat Marie with the friendly eyes
She ain’t so pretty but, ooh my my my
Street corner people waitin’ for the man
We’re just street corner people
We’re waitin’ for the man

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Waiting For The Man. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Waiting For The Man by Nazareth

The lyrics for Waiting For The Man are defined as the words making up the song released by Nazareth in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Waiting For The 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 Nazareth 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 Waiting For The Man by Nazareth 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 Waiting For The Man" means the words set to the music of Waiting For The Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Waiting For The Man and the lyrics to Waiting For The Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Waiting For The Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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