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Well, my pad is very messy and there's whiskers on my chin
And I'm all hung up on music, and I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin' 'cause my time is all used up
Just sittin' 'round creatin' all that groovy kind of stuff
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
Well, if I had my choice of matter I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter showin' where our minds are at,
And relating to each other just how strong our will can be
In resisting all involvments with each groovy chick we see
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
I've got to keep my image while suspended on a throne
That looks out upon a kingdom filled with people all unknown
Who imagine I'm not human and my heart is made of stone
And I've never had no problems and my toliet's trimmed with gold
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
And I'm all hung up on music, and I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin' 'cause my time is all used up
Just sittin' 'round creatin' all that groovy kind of stuff
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
All engrossed in mental chatter showin' where our minds are at,
And relating to each other just how strong our will can be
In resisting all involvments with each groovy chick we see
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
That looks out upon a kingdom filled with people all unknown
Who imagine I'm not human and my heart is made of stone
And I've never had no problems and my toliet's trimmed with gold
Well, I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so
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He's telling his girl that the way he acts is b/c he's a man and can't change his behavior.
In my opinion this song was inspired by “Bo Diddley — I’m a man”. Diddley sung about the “line to shoot” (cocaine), and said that a “man” had enough money to get it. The song by Spencer Davis Group is about a “groovy kind of stuff” that needs naked skin (“whiskers on my chin”) to be injected (heroin). The lyrics also says that a man has enough courage to do the injection, that someone likes more the “stuff” than the cat (amphetamines) and the chatter (cocaine), and that the injections keep the “toilet trimmed with chrome” (allow to maintain good health). Something more about two cover versions of I’m a man by Spencer Davis Group. The first was released in 1969 by the band Chicago, and is slower and more danceable. The lyrics of the 1969 track are just a little bit different, but their meaning is the same. The second cover version is from Italy, and was released in 1978 by Marzio Vincenzi (alias Macho). The lyrics of this 1978 vinyl are almost the same of the original version by Spencer Davis Group, but there is an important difference : instead of “toilet trimmed with chrome”, Marzio Vincenzi said “toilet trimmed with gold”. So I think that Marzio didn’t understand the meaning of the lyrics, because normally a man addicted to heroin doesn’t have “gold” or a lot of money. In summary, please don’t care about the (very bad) meanings, because “I’m a man” is always good music.
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