A song about a homeless man who spends his days on the corner of a street, shouting as passersby. This was Collins' first song about the homeless epidemic and the theme of the song was later revisited in the song from his solo career “Another Day in Paradise”.
[Chorus]
See the lonely man there on the corner
What he's waiting for, I don't know
But he waits every day now
He's just waiting for something to show
[Post-Chorus]
And nobody knows him
And nobody cares
'Cause there's no hiding place
There's no hiding place, for you
[Verse]
Looking everywhere at no one
He sees everything and nothing at all, oh
When he shouts, nobody listens
Where he leads, no one will go, oh
[Chorus]
He's a lonely man there on the corner
What he's waiting for, I don't know
But he waits every day now
He's just waiting for something to show
[Post-Chorus]
And nobody knows him
And nobody cares
'Cause there's no hiding place
There's no hiding place
[Bridge]
For you and me
Are we just like all the rest?
We're looking too hard for something he's got
Or moving too fast to rest
But like a monkey on your back, you need it
But do you love it enough to leave it all?
[Chorus]
Just like the lonely man there on the corner
What he's waiting for, I don't know
But he waits every day now
He's just waiting for that somethin' to show
Who, the lonely man there on the corner
What he's waiting for, I don't know
But he's there every day now
He's just waiting for that something to show
Who, the lonely man there on the corner
What he's waiting for, I don't know
But he waits every day now
He's just waiting for that something to show
Man on the Corner was written by Phil Collins.
Man on the Corner was produced by Genesis.
Genesis released Man on the Corner on Fri Sep 18 1981.