I’m Your Man

If you want a lover

I’ll do anything you ask me to

And if you want another kind of love

I’ll wear a mask for you

If you want a partner

Take my hand

Or if you want to strike me down in anger

Here I stand

I’m your man

If you want a boxer

I will step into the ring for you

And if you want a doctor

I’ll examine every inch of you

If you want a driver

Climb inside

Or if you want to take me for a ride

You know you can

I’m your man

Ah, the moon’s too bright

The chain’s too tight

The beast won’t go to sleep

I’ve been running through these promises to you

That I made and I could not keep

Ah but a man never got a woman back

Not by begging on his knees

Or I’d crawl to you baby

And I’d fall at your feet

And I’d howl at your beauty

Like a dog in heat

And I’d claw at your heart

And I’d tear at your sheet

I’d say please, please

I’m your man

And if you’ve got to sleep

A moment on the road

I will steer for you

And if you want to work the street alone

I’ll disappear for you

If you want a father for your child

Or only want to walk with me a while

Across the sand

I’m your man

If you want a lover

I’ll do anything you ask me to

And if you want another kind of love

I’ll wear a mask for you

The title track on I’m Your Man (1988), this song was also included on Live In Concert (1994). In the live version Cohen adds a couple of adjectives – “I’ll wear a leather mask for you” in the first stanza and “if you want a Jewish doctor” in the second. However, these are best considered an entertainer’s ad lib rather than a definitive emendation of the text.