The Man In Me Lyrics - Rodney Crowell

There's a man in me 

He's cold and he's hard 

He's got an eye for deception 

He's always on guard 

He's swimming in concrete 

Drowning in fear 

And he keeps it all locked in his heart 

This man is a tyrant, a fault finding hack 

You can't tell him nothing 

There's no turning back 

He leaves blood on the highway 

And scattered debris 

He crawls from the wreckage 

But he still doesn't see 

He's alive, the man is jive 

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There's a man in the mirror 

I don't like his looks 

His teeth, they are crooked 

His hands are like hooks 

He speaks four letter language 

Because his mind is so small 

His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all 

God, I gotta get away from the man in me 

She says, "What are you afraid of? 

There's no need to judge 

You know I can help you 

But you won't even budge" 

Pretty flowers surround you 

But all you can smell is a rat 

She says, "Why do you insist 

On your head in the sand? 

Building walls all around you 

You don't understand 

These ways are outmoded" 

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But all you can change is your hat 

The man in me don't wanna 

Know nothing about that 

There's a man in the closet 

He wants to come out 

He wants to be noticed 

But he's so filled with doubt 

He wants to be well known and famous 

But he's so filled with pride 

The keys to his fortune stay locked up inside 

Can it be the man in me? 

She says, "Now what are you afraid of? 

There's nothing to fear 

You want me to help 

But you won't let me near" 

In your heart you can hear me 

But all you believe are your eyes 

Tell me why you're convinced 

That a fist in your face is all you deserve 

From love you've misplaced 

The truth is salvation 

But all you believe in are lies 

The man in me wants to believe 

But he won't even try 

There's man in me 

And he's so full of hate 

He's so misdirected 

He thinks it's too late 

Pours salt on the wounds 

Only time wants to heal 

He's dying inside 

And he don't wanna feel anything 

The man is strange