A Mere Man by The Shambles


The Shambles' Comments:  Not one of my best songs, I know, but it was how I felt at the time.  Having done something positive, I do feel a little more like myself now........ Please feel free to make yourself feel better and respond with songs, poems, insults, whatever?.............. Or you are free not to respond at all. ..........But it would be nice if you did.


A mere man, logical, hard-bitten
A mere man, no woman's intuition, just a man

An innocent, lost at sea
Undercurrents, swirl about me
Surprised, by what they might bring
The only thing I do right, is the wrong thing

A mere man, next to useless
A mere man, no hormonal excuses, just a man

Well I'm nobody's fool
I try hard to live by the rules
I get them logged in my brain
Only to find, they have changed again

A mere man, under pressure
A mere man, no not the oppressor, just a man

I'm the one that takes the blast
For all the injustice of the past
But can the whole of history
Be put entirely down to me?

A mere man, on one level
A mere man, no not the Devil, just a man

Not my prerogative to change my mind
Not complicated and I think you'll find
Your role is not of my design
For, I'm just as trapped with mine

A mere man, logical, hard-bitten
A mere man, no woman's intuition, just a man

Roger Gall 1999