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Thread #72666   Message #1256965
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Aug-04 - 09:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Man Can't Live on Bread Alone
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Man can't live by bread alone
MAN CAN'T LIVE ON BREAD ALONE (note "on," not "by") was written by Dean Presley and Jeff Presley. It was recorded by The Del McCoury Band on "It's Just the Night," McCoury Music CD #1, 2003. I transcribed this from a sound sample at allmusic:

The Dow Jones took a dive today. Another bank closed its door.
A man downtown tried to fly away from a ... on the eighteenth floor
Ev'rything he worshipped ain't worth nothin' now.
He had a Jaguar in the driveway, a house with eighteen rooms.
Ev'ry night he dined alone, fed from a silver spoon.
Guess he never figured out you ain't what you own....