Verse: [#]Tar[#]zan [#]wasn’t [#]ladies man [#]He’ just [#]come along and [#]swoop ’ up un[#]der his []arm like []that []Quick as []cat in the []jungle [] But [#]Clark [#]Kent now [#]there was [#]real gent [#]He would [#]not be caught [#]sittin’ aro[#]und in no []jungle[]scape []Dumb as an []ape doing []nothing [] Chorus: [#]Superman never []made any money [#]saving the world from [#]Solomon Grundy And [#]sometimes I [#]despair the [#]world will never [#]see another []man like him Verse: Hey Bob Supe had a straight job Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States He had the strength but he would not Folks said his family were all dead Their planet crumbled but Superman he forced himself to carry on Forget Krypton and keep going Chorus: Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon Grundy And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him Bridge: []Tar[]zan was []king of the []jungle and [#]lord over all the [#]apes [] []But []he could []hardly []string together [#]four wo[#]rds: " [ I Tar[#]zan you []Jane" Verse: Some times when Supe was stopping crimes I’ll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back on man Join Tarzan in the forest But he stayed in the city and kept changing clothes in dirty old phonebooths Til his work was through and nothing to do but go on home Chorus: Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon Grundy And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him The End..

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Cette chanson évoque l'idée d'un super-héros qui, malgré ses incroyables pouvoirs, ne recherche pas de gloire ni de récompense. On y parle de Superman, qui préférerait servir l'humanité plutôt que d'utiliser sa force pour des bénéfices personnels, contrastant avec des personnages comme Tarzan, souvent perçus comme des figures plus égoïstes. Le texte met en avant la solitude et le sacrifice que le héros endure, notamment en dépit de ses origines tragiques sur la planète Krypton. Il refuse de céder à la tentation de fuir dans les forêts pour vivre comme un roi, choisissant le combat pour le bien, même lorsque cela semble ingrat et difficile.