Lyrics by:  Ian McLeish
Music by:  Moses Hazan

(From the rock musical "Amazon Women")
 

1.
I know my planet, A to Z - seen everything there is to see -
And yet I can't stop feeling there must be something else;
I know each creature, field and stream - I walk the mountains in my dreams -
And still I can't help feeling like a book upon a shelf..

Bridge 1.
What is a man? He is new and exciting -
What is a man? He's alluring, exciting -
What is a man? This is strange and all so new to me -
He came along and awoke my heart anew to me.

2.
I've always been the kind of girl who got the oyster, not the pearl -
It's never really mattered - I could laugh it off with ease;
But something new has come along, I'll now be right where I was wrong -
Find out just where I belong, and do just what I please...

Bridge 2.
'Cause I'm living, I'm breathing - I've stopped disbelieving -
I'm starting to reach for the sky;
I'm soaring, I'm flying - there's no use denying -
And no time for wondering why;
What is a man? This is strange and all so new to me -
Like a shooting star, his arrow shot right through to me.

3.
So I guess I'll grab the ball - it's worth the risk - it's worth the fall -
And if I come up empty, I'll put it down to life...

4.
I know my planet, A to Z - Seen everything there is to see -
And I can tell you, confidentially,
A man is something else!
 

Copyright: 1980 Moses Hazan & Ian Mcleish
Published:  1980  Copernicus Music BMI & McMusic Ltd.  CAPAC
Renewed:  1994  Copernicus Music BMI & Mousehole Music  SOCAN