What About Your Man
Album: Umbrella Man
By: Scott Albert Johnson
By: Scott Albert Johnson
Duration
4:42
Genres
Description
We recorded this song at Popaholic Studio in Jackson in early 2005. It’s about the man who sits on the jagged and lonely end of a love triangle. It’s one of two songs on the record where I play bass guitar as well as harmonica. The guitarist on the recording, Brian Coleman, also was a co-writer, contributing the chord progression and some really tasty, intertwining guitar lines.
Lyrics
There’s a light shining through your lonely window It’s a flame most cannot see It leads to a room with a door in the darkness And it seems that I’ve been given the key Your sad smile that hangs on your face Tells me I’ve come to the right place But baby… what about your man? I’m a man of very few illusions I’m going nowhere, and I’m getting there slow And yet I find myself still drawn to your doorstep For reasons I’m not given to know And you call to me in the night, Saying please, baby, make it all right But baby… what about your man? We are living in a world of deception Confusion, misdirection, lies and mystery But that doesn’t change the truth that stands before us And it won’t do a thing to keep you away from me The clock is ticking and I hear it down the hallway My time’s slipping away faster than I can see But what can I say as I stand inside the doorway Is it you who is falling, or is it me? There’s a cold wind blowing through your broken window Tonight I’m lonely, because you’re not alone And so I wander on, with my hands in my pockets These small pieces of life are all that I own Still I know that I’ll return When I see that candle burn But baby… what about your man?
