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Artist: Black Flag
Canonical path: /black-flag/the-swinging-man
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The Swinging Man
Read The Swinging Man lyrics by Black Flag on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Swinging Man
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Swinging man I'm hanging around hangin' 'round I'm the swinging man and my feet never touch the ground swinging man swinging man
I swing back and forth
Back and forth
Back and forth
Back and forth
I was looking for a little warmth
But I didn't find nuthin' so now I'm hanging around swinging man
Feeling no pain
No pain
No pain
No pain
All the girls know my name
I go by; swinging man swinging man I tell you what, you get yourself together and you go downtown, you come on home
And I'll still be hangin' around
Because
I'm the swinging man
And my feet never touch the ground
Now if you love me, you'll cut me down
But if not, I'll still be hangin' around 'cause
I'm the swinging man and my feet
Never touch the ground
I'm the swinging man
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Black Flag performs "The Swinging Man", and this lyric page sits inside the Black Flag catalog on LyroVerse.
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