Now my daddy died when I was three My momma didn't bounce me on her knee My grandpa and grandma's done passed on That kinda left me on my own My wife took off after our first child Oh, my kind of ramblin' life wasn't her kinda style So I kinda got toughened up and hard to learn not to feel They started calling me the man of steel Hey, my friends all call me superman I never let a woman get the upper-hand Lord, I don't know now what I'ma gonna do The man of steel's done got the blues Now I've been hurt inside and out Some of you know what I'm talking about You'll think your poor heart will never, never heal You'll wish you were the man of steel My friends all call me superman I never let nobody get an upper hand Lord, I don't know now what I'm going to do The man of steel's done got the blues Pretty women, they gave me the blues No woman ever got the best of me I could walk right out with ease 'Til I fell in love and then she walked out The man of steel got melted down Now, I can't sleep and I can't eat Can't no watch no love scenes on TV Now I don't know what I'm going to do The man of steel done got the blues My friends all call me superman Superman never let no woman get an upper-hand Lord, I don't know what I'm gonna do Hey, the man of steel done got the blues Lord, I don't know what I'ma gonna do Even ol' superman gets the blues Hey, that woman she gave me they blues