Coming to you, on a dusty road
Good loving, I got a truck load
and when you get it, you got something
So don't worry, 'cause I'm coming
{ deep backup }
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
Got what I got, the hard way
and I'll make better, each and every day
So honey, don't you fret
'cause you ain't seen nothing yet
{ deep backup }
I'm a (( soul man )), ow!
I'm a (( soul man )), play it Steve!
I'm a (( soul man )), ow!
I'm a (( soul man )), huh! Listen!
I was brought up, on a side street
Learned how to love, before I could eat
I was educated, from good stock
When I start loving I just can't stop
{ deep backup }
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man )), huh!
Well grab the rope, and I'll pull you in
Give you hope, and be your only boyfriend ya ( ya ) ya ( ya ) help!
{ intro licks, modulate }
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
You're a (( soul man )) huh!
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man ))
I'm a (( soul man )) huh hu
For the follow-up to "Hold On, I'm Comin'," writer-producers Hayes and Porter decided to tinker with their winning formula: Porter asked singer Sam Moore to give him "the Bobby Bland squall," guitarist Steve Cropper came up with the licks that set up the familiar blast of the Memphis Horns, and -- voila! -- another Memphis soul classic was born. "We had no idea how good we were," Hayes said of the partnership.