@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
It's cost me a lot
But there's one thing that I've got
It's my man.
Cold and wet
Tired, you bet
But all that I soon forget
With my man.
He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books
Is my man
Two or three girls has he
That he likes as well as me
But I love him!
I don't know why I should
He isn't any good
He isn't true
But I'll stick to him like glue
What else can I do?
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright,
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away?
When I know I'll come back
On my knees some day;
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!
Sometimes I say
If I just could get away
With my man
He'd go straight, sure as fate,
For it never is too late
For a man.
I just like to dream of a cottage by a stream
With my man
Where a few flowers grew and perhaps a kid or two
Like my man.
And then my eyes get wet
I 'most forget
'Til he gets hot
And tells me not to talk
such rot
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away
When I know I'll come back
On my knees some day
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!
But there's one thing that I've got
It's my man.
Cold and wet
Tired, you bet
But all that I soon forget
With my man.
He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books
Is my man
Two or three girls has he
That he likes as well as me
But I love him!
I don't know why I should
He isn't any good
He isn't true
But I'll stick to him like glue
What else can I do?
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright,
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away?
When I know I'll come back
On my knees some day;
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!
Sometimes I say
If I just could get away
With my man
He'd go straight, sure as fate,
For it never is too late
For a man.
I just like to dream of a cottage by a stream
With my man
Where a few flowers grew and perhaps a kid or two
Like my man.
And then my eyes get wet
I 'most forget
'Til he gets hot
And tells me not to talk
such rot
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away
When I know I'll come back
On my knees some day
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!
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My Man Lyrics as written by Jacques Mardochee Charles Maurice Yvain
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