A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rowanblues 

Cover art for A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man lyrics by Bill Callahan

To me it's more about withstanding loneliness and the ecstatic joy of love.

"The man needs a man" is more about the need to express yourself in front of the others.

The woman is gone but the man still loves her and for him the world is shining and sparkling and full of magic. This is where all those fireworks, lions, bears spiders and dragons come from.