This is a man's world,
This is a man's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing,
Nothing without a woman or a girl.
You see, man made the cars
To take us over the road.
Man made the train
To carry the heavy load.
Man made the electric light
To take us out of the dark.
Man made the boat for the water
Like Noah made the ark.
This is a man's man's man's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing,
Nothing without a woman or a girl.
Man thinks about the little bitty baby girl
And the baby boys.
Man makes them happy,
'Cause man made them toys.
And after man made everything,
Everything he can,
You know that man makes money
To buy from other men.
This is a man's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing,
Nothing not one little thing,
Without a woman or a girl.
[Outro:]
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(Oh how, how man needs a woman
I sympathize with the man that don't have a woman)
He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness
He's lost in loneliness