[Verse 1]
Well he loved plenty women from Canada to Mexico
They would love to see him coming and hate it when he had to go
A macho man before macho ever came to town
The only problem was not enough of him to go around
[Chorus]
You know he had, had more romances than L.A.'s got stars
He had, had more romances than Detroit's got cars
He's a, a legend in his own mind and
God's gift to women
On a day God wasn't giving up a thing
[Verse 2]
Well you hate to see him coming
When you're grooving at your favorite bar
He's the death of the party and a self-proclaimed superstar
Got a permanent Jones to assure you he's been everywhere
A show-stopping name-dropping answer to the ladies' prayers
[Chorus]
To hear him tell it he had more romances than doctors got bills
He had, had more romances than Beverly got Hills
And he's a, a legend in his own mind and
And God's gift to women
On a day God wasn't giving up a thing
[Bridge]
You don't have to listen when he's rattling on, yeah
You don't have to listen, he's telling everybody else
You don't have to believe him
I don't think I'll ever believe him
Matter of fact he may well not believe himself (Say hey)
[Verse 3]
Well he loved plenty women from Canada to Mexico
And they loved to see him coming and hated when he had to go
A macho man before macho ever came to town
The only problem was not enough of him to go around
[Chorus]
You know he had, had more romances than airplanes got gauges
He had, had more romances than phone book got pages
He's a, a legend in his own mind and
God's gift to women
On a day God wasn't giving up a thing
[Outro]
He's a, a legend in his own mind and
God's gift to women
On a day God wasn't giving up
Wasn't giving up, wasn't giving up
He's a, a legend in his own mind and
God's gift to women
On a day God wasn't giving up a thing
A Legend In His Own Mind was written by Gil Scott-Heron.
A Legend In His Own Mind was produced by Gil Scott-Heron & Malcolm Cecil.