Released: January 18, 1981
Songwriter: Dominic Bugatti Florrie Palmer
Producer: Christopher Neil
This mans a child, this man is old
Sometimes hes mild, sometimes hes bold
This man I love, sometimes in spite
I wish he would stick to his guns, or abandon the fight
But when he shines, oh when he shines
Yes when he shines, he shines so bright
Sometimes a tramp, sometimes a dude
He changes colour just like a cameleon, can't find the mood
He is a song thats not easy to write
He is a moon in the morning, and the sun out at night
But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
This mans a gentleman, this man is strong
This temperamental man plays me along
But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
Yes when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
(Instrumental break)
But when he shines, oh when he shines
Yes when he shines, he shines so bright
Sometimes hes mild, sometimes hes bold
This man I love, sometimes in spite
I wish he would stick to his guns, or abandon the fight
But when he shines, oh when he shines
Yes when he shines, he shines so bright
Sometimes a tramp, sometimes a dude
He changes colour just like a cameleon, can't find the mood
He is a song thats not easy to write
He is a moon in the morning, and the sun out at night
But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
This mans a gentleman, this man is strong
This temperamental man plays me along
But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
Yes when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright
(Instrumental break)
But when he shines, oh when he shines
Yes when he shines, he shines so bright
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Take My Time (1981)
- You Could Have Been with Me (1981)
Sheena Easton popular songs
- For Your Eyes Only
- Strut
- 9 to 5 (Morning Train)
- Almost Over You
- You Could Have Been with Me
- Trouble in the Shadows
- Wanna Give My Love
- No One Ever Knows
- Machinery
- Still in Love
- Wind Beneath My Wings
- Savoir Faire
- Sweet Talk
- To Anyone
- Love and Affection
- Money Back Guarantee
- Sugar Walls (dance mix)
- Best Kept Man
- Mi corazón vuela hacia ti
- All I Ask of You
- Don’t Leave Me This Way
- Don’t Turn Your Back
- Eternity
- When He Shines