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Artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Canonical path: /manfred-manns-earth-band/one-in-the-middle
Related lyric paths: 6
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One In The Middle
Read One In The Middle lyrics by Manfred Mann's Earth Band on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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One In The Middle
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Let me tell you 'bout the Manfreds
The music that they're puttin' down
They started to play
On a rainy day
& the people came from miles around
CHORUS:
They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
& see the singer lookin' sweet
Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah
Tom McGuiness plays the diamond bass
But the one in the middle
Sings "Hey diddle diddle"
God, he's just a pretty face
(chorus)
They couldn't have!
(instrumental)
Manfred Mann plays the organ
Mike Vickers plays guitar
& there's a geezer called Paul
Who's so thin & so tall
& sure wants to be a star
(chorus)
(x6): See the singer lookin'...
Sweet
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