Swingin' Man Lyrics - Singles - Jesse Malin

I am the swingin' man, perpetually on the lam 

Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam 

Yellow taxi ride, hey, I never exercise 

The devil when I speak or when I rise 

Buddy Holly, told me 

You can't save rock 'n' roll 

It's only for the lonely boys and girls 

I'm a courageous cat down at the Laundromat 

A sacred cow I never took a vow 

Like old buildings and whores, politicians and wars 

All get respect man if they last this long 

They used to call her Mary 

But she changed her name to Raph 

Life was something scary till she laughed 

We never had a baby but she got more tattoos 

And I got more material for the blues 

Summer's rolling in 

I want to lose this skin 

They call it art but sometimes it's just a sin 

I am a swingin' man, hey, I smile on command 

I don't know when or how you got to me 

We never had a baby but she got more tattoos 

And I got more material for the blues