Spencer Davis Group - I'm a man (with Lyrics)

Well my pad is very messy
And there's whiskers on my chin
And I'm all hung up on music
And I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin'
Cause my time is all used up
Just to sit around creatin'
All that groovy kind of stuff.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.

Well if I had my choice of matter
I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter
Moving where our minds are at
And relating to each other
Just how strong our wills can be
I'm resisting all involvement
With each groovy chick we see

Well I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.

I got to keep my image
While suspended from a throne
That looks out upon a kingdom
Full of people all unknown
Who imagine I'm not human
And my heart is made of stone
I never had no problems
And my toilet's trimmed with chrome

I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.

"I'm a Man" is a song written by Spencer Davis Group singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller.

The original recording was a fast, Hammond organ-driven blues rock track released as a single by the Spencer Davis Group in early 1967, reaching no. 9 in the UK singles charts and no.10 in the US. It was the last hit single by the band before the brothers Steve and Muff Winwood left to pursue their own separate careers.

The song is sometimes confused with another SDG hit, "Gimme Some Lovin'", which has been a hit for various other bands, and was also covered by Steve Winwood's next band, Traffic.

"I'm A Man" was included on the band's summer 1967 album I'm a Man, as well as being featured on the recent Spencer Davis Group DVD "Gimme Some Lovin' Live 1966", which was recorded live in late 1966.

Marzio Vincenzi, lead and background vocalist originally from Bologna, Italy, and Mauro Malavasi produced in 1978 a version of "I'm A Man" under the name "Macho" which is a classic of Disco music, or as some have classified it, "rosco music", a hybrid between Rock and Disco genres.

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[johnpeelfeel]

Full of people all unknown...

[lebleufleur]

@johnpeelfeel who imagine I'm not human..

[wackybumcheek]

anyone else notice that oasis completely ripped this off with "f*cking in the bushes"?

[lebleufleur]

@wackybumcheek i would say that oasis riped hendrix's little miss lover in that song...

[2na84]

SORRY GUYS ITS BREATHE - i get it also from who sampled . com - but i write the wrong song - haha -

yess it is breathe !!!

greetings from austria

[lebleufleur]

@2na84 wich one? breathe? i had to ask, 'cause you said it was firestarter... (Y)

[65DDTG]

Damn, this is good!

[tintisha123]

Cheers for putting this up. Really enjoyed it. Not sure about some of the lyrics though.. for example ..elsewhere on lyric sites "And my toilet's trimmed with chrome" (last line) ..is "and my body's pretty strong" ... but yours is much more fun! ;-)

[FuckngBastard]

@iowaozone Yeah, if you think history started during the Sixties.

[FuckngBastard]

Being born in 1960, my experience was somewhat different than your assumptions, and typical of others my age. Our enthusiasm for music started at age 11 or 12, and was directed towards Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, David Bowie and other post-Sixties bands. During the Seventies we got stuck on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Boston. By the time 1980 rolled around some of us were rapidly trying to catch up with bands that had already made their mark, such as Wire and Joy Division.

[SuperSimonuk]

@wackybumcheek Is there anyone who Oasis have NOT ripped off?

[BreezesofConey]

@cllcharger440 Realistically,let;s just say you had been born in the 60s, you'd grow up during the 70s and come of age in either the late 70s or early 80s depending on when and adopt an entirely anti hippie sentiment made popular during the punk movement of the 70s. Just saying. You'd be my age, pushing 60 maybe a little older and have been born following the tail end of WWII in the late 40s or early 50s. As a child, older relatives would have been listening to 50s music.

[iowaozone]

This was one of the first rap songs... listen to Winwood rapping.

[LailaBerries]

Haha I came here because I watched a funny dog commercial and it was amazing you guys should check it out it had this song in it, just type in funny dog commercial and go to the one with a white dog standing with his back kinda turned to you.

[rozwyatt]

Winwood just had something special from the beginning. He handled this song like a man and of course he was still in his teens. Talent is a beautiful thing.

[cllcharger440]

Im 15 and this is one of my favorite songs. I love the 60's. I wish i was born then

[u2joshuadesireu]

i never knew stevie winwood was with spencer davis