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|last = [[Concert 1991-09-16 Adelaide|September 16, 1991, Adelaide, Australia]]
|last = [[Concert 1991-09-23 Melbourne|September 23, 1991, Melbourne, Australia]]
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==Alternate version==
{{song credits
|title = Playboy To A Man (Original Demo)
|performer = [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|producer = [[Paul McCartney]]
|musicians =
|record_info = October 23, 1987, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England
|release_info = March 24, 2017
|albums = [[Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt]] (reissue), 2017
|singles =
|collections =
|soundtracks =
|various_artists =
|promos =
|videos =
|length = 2:58
}}<br>
==Paul McCartney version==
{{song credits
|title = Playboy To A Man (1988 Demo)
|performer = [[Paul McCartney]]
|producer = [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|musicians = [[Paul McCartney]] - lead vocal, Hofner bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals<br>[[Elvis Costello]] - lead vocal, guitar, backing vocals<br>[[Hamish Stuart]] - electric guitar<br>[[Kevin Armstrong]] - electric guitar<br>[[Chris Whitten]] - drums
|record_info = January 26, 1988, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England
|release_info = March 24, 2017
|albums = [[Paul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt]] (reissue), 2017
|singles =
|collections =
|soundtracks =
|various_artists =
|promos =
|videos =
|length = 2:55
}}
}}


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{{thumb: Mighty Like A Rose}}
{{thumb: Mighty Like A Rose}}
 
{{thumb: Flowers In The Dirt reissue}}
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{{song covers
{{song covers
|covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: Playboy To A Man}}
|covers = {{:Playboy To A Man covers}}
}}
}}


==Internal links==
==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mlar.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mlar.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm Info page]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mlar.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mlar.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm Info page]
*[[Template: Playboy To A Man|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Playboy To A Man|Covers]]
*[[Template: Playboy To A Man|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Playboy To A Man covers|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Songs]]
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[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Paul McCartney]]

Latest revision as of 11:27, 21 June 2020

You had your own way one too many times
And now you're going to find out what it's like
Just what it's like, now you're a mess
You wanted something you could never possess

You went your own way one too many nights
You treated her like some small oversight
What in the world makes her think that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man

(chorus):
She's going to make you suffer tonight
To turn you from a playboy into a man
And when you're worthy of her then she might
Turn you from a playboy into a man

You thought you were the answer to her prayers
The perfect gift that every girl prefers
But that's the trouble 'cos every girl still thinks you're hers
So there you are with your gold chains jangling
Your lucky charms and your jewelry dangling
But when she saw you she turned and ran
To turn you from a playboy into a man

(chorus)

You couldn't see that the juvenile things you do
Would drag you down and now that the joke's on you
You're pretty cold, you end as you start
When your facade isn't falling apart

So now you're standing in your underwear
Well now you know just how it feels for her
You're halfway there you know that she can
Turn you from a playboy into a man

(chorus)
Playboy To A Man
Written byPaul McCartney & Declan MacManus
Performed byElvis Costello (featuring "The Mighty Corsican")
Produced byMitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, big stupid guitar, 12-string Rickenbacker
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jim Keltner - drums
Larry Knechtel - upright piano
Marc Ribot - guitar section
Froom-Tench-Knechtel - "piano frenzy"
Costello-Froom - Cox organ
Recordedlate 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London
ReleasedMay 10, 1991
AlbumsMighty Like A Rose, 1991
Length3:16

First known performance:
 May 26, 1991, Los Angeles, CA
Last known performance:
 September 23, 1991, Melbourne, Australia
     (32 known performances)


Alternate version

Playboy To A Man (Original Demo)
Performed byPaul McCartney & Elvis Costello
Produced byPaul McCartney
RecordedOctober 23, 1987, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017
AlbumsPaul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt (reissue), 2017
Length2:58

Paul McCartney version

Playboy To A Man (1988 Demo)
Performed byPaul McCartney
Produced byPaul McCartney & Elvis Costello
MusiciansPaul McCartney - lead vocal, Hofner bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
Elvis Costello - lead vocal, guitar, backing vocals
Hamish Stuart - electric guitar
Kevin Armstrong - electric guitar
Chris Whitten - drums
RecordedJanuary 26, 1988, Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex, England
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017
AlbumsPaul McCartney: Flowers In The Dirt (reissue), 2017
Length2:55
Mighty Like A RoseMLAR album cover large.jpg
Flowers In The DirtFlowers In The Dirt 2017 reissue album cover.jpg

Covers

Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2020 YouTube

Internal links

External links

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