Living Colour

Songwriter: Vernon Reid Corey Glover

Producer: Mick Jagger Ed Stasium

[Verse 1]
I don't have a need
To be the best
Don't want to be
Just like the rest
Just stay who I am
Just an ordinary
Middle man

[Verse 2]
Give me
The happy medium
Don't want to be
The one whose leading them, no, no
I've got no master plan
Just a simple
Middle man

[Bridge]
Standing on a fine line between this and that
Just biding my time
Waiting for a sign
To tell me that I'm something special
Well, well

[Verse 3]
My ideas
Are mine alone
Not yours, not theirs
But I care
I hurt for you
But not with you
I love that thing
That's inside you

[Chorus]
But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I am your middle man

But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I am your middle man

[Outro]
Middle man yeah, yeah
I'm not your fan
I'm just a middle man
Yours, theirs, but I care
I've got no master plan
Just be who I am
Just a middle man

Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band’s music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, jazz, hip hop, country, and alternative rock. Their lyrics range from the personal to the political, in some of the latter cases attacking Eurocentrism and racism in America.

Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988. Although the band scored a number of hits, they are best remembered for their signature anthem “Cult of Personality”, which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. They were also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards and won their second Grammy Award for their follow-up album Time’s Up. After disbanding in 1995, Living Colour reunited in late 2000.

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