[Chorus]
This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothin'
Nothin' without a woman or a girl

[Verse 1]
You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the train to carry the heavy load
Man made the electric light to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water like Noah made the ark

[Chorus]
This is a man's, man's, man's world
But it wouldn't be nothin'
Nothin' without a woman or a girl

[Verse 2]
Man thinks about our little bitty baby girls and our baby boys
Man make them happy 'cause man make them toys
And after man make everything, everything he can
Do you know that man makes money to buy from other men

[Chorus]
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothin', nothin'
Not one little thing without a woman or a girl

[Outro]
He's lost in the wilderness, he's lost in bitterness
He's lost, lawd have mercy now, in loneliness