The Man in Me was written and performed by Bob Dylan, featuring on his 1970 album New Morning. The song gained wider recognition after being featured in the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski in 1998. The lyrics reflect on personal transformation and redemption, themes that were recurrent in Dylans work at the time.
The man in me will do nearly any task And as for compensation there's little he would ask Take a woman like you To get through to the man in me
Storm clouds are raging all around my door I think to myself I might not take it any more Take a woman like your kind To find the man in me
But oh what a wonderful feeling Just to know that you are near Sets my a heart a-reeling From my toes up to my ears
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine Take a woman like you To get through to the man in me