[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
            
Mama told me w

            
hen I was youn

 
g
             
Come sit besid

             
e me, my only 

    
son
             
And listen clo

             
sely to what I

    
 say
           
And if you do 

this
             
It'll help you

            
 some sunny da

         
y. Oh Yah!

         

[Verse 2]
              
Oh, take your 

            
time... Don't 

             
live too fast,
              
Troubles will 

            
come and they 

           
will pass.
              
You'll find a 

            
woman, yea yea

              
, you'll find 

   
love,
          
And don't forg

et son,
             
There is someo

      
ne up above.

[Chorus]
             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

   
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

       
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

   
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 son,
          
If you can

 

         

[Verse 3]
             
Forget your lu

             
st, for the ri

             
ch man's gold
             
All that you n

             
eed, is in you

       
r soul,
             
And you can do

             
 this, oh baby

             
, if you try.
             
All that I wan

             
t for you my s

      
on, is to be s

atisfied.

[Chorus]
             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

    
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

        
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

     
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 son,
         
If you can   I

 
 will, I’ll be

 your ‘Simple 

Man’

[Solo]
    

[Verse 4]
              
Boy, don't you

            
 worry... you'

            
ll find yourse

 
lf.
             
Follow your he

             
art, lord, and

              
 nothing else.
              
And you can do

             
 this, oh baby

            
, if you try.
             
All that I wan

             
t for you my s

on,
         
is to be satis

fied.

[Chorus]
             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

  
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

       
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

    
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 child,
          
If you can

 

[Outro]
             
Baby be a simp

             
le, be a simpl

      
e man.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

           
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

             
le, oh, be a s

      
imple man.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

           
 son, if you c

   
an
             
Awwe Ma you kn

             
ow I will, I’l

              
l do the very 

      
best I can!