The Man in Me
The Man in Me Lyrics
The man in me will do nearly any task
And as for compensation, there’s little he would ask
Take a woman like you
To get through to the man in me
[Verse 2]
Storm clouds are raging all around my door
I think to myself I might not take it anymore
Take a woman like your kind
To find the man in me
[Verse 3]
But, oh, what a wonderful feeling
Just to know that you are near
Sets my heart a-reeling
From my toes up to my ears
[Verse 4]
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein’ seen
But that’s just because he doesn’t want to turn into some machine
Took a woman like you
To get through to thе man in me
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I’m very interested in the way that the masculine and the feminine exists within us all and what it means to sing, “The man in me will do nearly any task.” It seemed like a flirty anecdote to so much of the despair lingering on the rest of the record. It was mostly about having fun and providing a bit of light relief. It explores ideas of masculine confidence, and here I was as a female artist dressed up in Dylan’s clothes. I think it gave me a bravado and sense of devil-may-care that I don’t have when I’m singing my own material. Because when you perform these songs, you’re safe in the knowledge that the material is good; it’s Bob Dylan’s material. He’s the only songwriter to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. There’s a certain amount of swagger that singing Dylan’s material gives you. There’s power in language, especially when it’s so beautifully crafted.
- 6.The Man in Me