Jun. 30, 19861 viewer16.3K views
Missionary Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, I was born an original sinner
I was born from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin, hey!
[Verse 2]
My mother told me good, my mother told me strong
She said, be true to yourself and you can't go wrong
But there's just one thing that you must understand
You can fool with your brother
[Chorus]
But don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
[Vrese 3]
Oh, the missionary man, he's got God on his side
He's got the saints and apostles backing up from behind
Black eyed looks from those Bible books
He's a man with a mission, got a serious mind
There was a woman in the jungle and a monkey on a tree
The missionary man, he was following me
He said, "Stop what you're doing? Get down upon your knees!"
"I've a message for you that you better believe"
Well, I was born an original sinner
I was born from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin, hey!
[Verse 2]
My mother told me good, my mother told me strong
She said, be true to yourself and you can't go wrong
But there's just one thing that you must understand
You can fool with your brother
[Chorus]
But don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
[Vrese 3]
Oh, the missionary man, he's got God on his side
He's got the saints and apostles backing up from behind
Black eyed looks from those Bible books
He's a man with a mission, got a serious mind
There was a woman in the jungle and a monkey on a tree
The missionary man, he was following me
He said, "Stop what you're doing? Get down upon your knees!"
"I've a message for you that you better believe"
[Verse 4]
Oh, yeah! Hey! Hey! Oh!
Well I was born an original sinner
I was born from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money
[Chorus]
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
Oh, yeah! Hey! Hey! Oh!
Well I was born an original sinner
I was born from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money
[Chorus]
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
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Genius Annotation
The lead single from Revenge in North America, the lyrics of this song stemmed from a poem written by Annie Lennox, and the titular Missionary Man is a stand-in for, according to Lennox herself, “a great deal of people in the media, in the form of politicians or religious speakers or philosophical people, people who are generally trying to have some power over other people…”
“Missionary Man” is the only Eurythmics track to win a Grammy Award, for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. The music video was also nominated for five VMAs at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Saxophone
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Bass Guitar
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Guitar
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Vocal
Release Date
June 30, 1986
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