Gil Scott-Heron — A Legend In His Own Mind

[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