Charles, Ray - What Can You Do With A Man? Lyrics






[Luce]
Listen to your lady who speaks.
This affair has run its course.
I'll reside in Athens six weeks
While I get me a divorce.

[Dromio]
Listen to your lover who asks
Why this battle has begun.

[Luce]
He has long neglected some tasks
That a husband should have done.
He eats me out of house and home
But doesn't like my cooking.
That's nothing new with a man.
What can you do with a man?
He likes to use my brush and comb
And yet he's funny-looking.
Home's like a zoo with a man.
What can you do with a man?
Some men wear half pajamas.
I took a chance.
I bought the guy pajamas-
He wears the pants.
By day he's like a five-year-old;
At night he's ninety-seven.
What can you do with a man like that?

[Dromio]
When you get mad, don't count to ten,
Go on and count a million.
Don't be a shrew with a man.
That's what you do with a man.
You need a regiment of men-
I'm only one civilian.
Wait for your cue with a man.
That's what you do with a man.
Marriage is such a blessing,
So I have found.
I've got a thousand blessings,
Each weighs a pound.
I'm only four foot ten right now,
I once was five foot seven.
That's what you did to a man like that!

[Luce]
I wear my nicest negligee
And find him reading Plato.
Nothing is new with a man.
What can you do with a man?
I shook the tree of life one day
And got a cold potato.
I'm in a stew with a man.
What can you do with a man?
Where is his sense of duty,
Where is his taste?
Acres and acres of beauty
Going to waste!
He walks me in the woods at night
To find a four-leaf clover.
What can you do with a man like that?





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  1. N.... A....

    She was gorgeous and had a beautiful voice!

  2. A.... T....

    RIP Mary Ann Fisher February 23, 1923 - March 12, 2004

  3. N.... H....

    Omg ! He had his mistress featured on a whole song 😳 . Ray was cold blooded .

  4. T.... 1....

    2020 check in✔

  5. J.... ....

    Wow! She looks so classically gorgeous in this picture here & that smoky velvety voice is simply marvelous!

  6. m.... b....

    Ray is the shit!!😘

  7. J.... J....

    I’d would love to collect live performance of singers this back in their day. Her and Margie’s voice was just IT.

  8. a.... k....

    My god.... from paris on the 1srt january 2020.... ❤❤❤❤

  9. E.... G....

    Está voz!!!!
    Nestes tempos, faz tanta falta!!!

  10. I.... N....

    I want 12 years old when I saw the movie Ray. Numerous songs I fell in love with but this song right here over those theater speakers gave me a feeling I can't explain....at 12 years old lol. Her voice, the bass, the piano.....I fell in love with music after I watched that movie

  11. d.... r....

    Take me back to church.

  12. J.... S....

    DEFINITELY Ray Charles music....raised up on sh__ like this!

  13. R.... H....

    Just watched the Ray movie for the 4th time i Love this song!!!
    #2019

  14. w.... m....

    she sang a lot better than margie hendricks

    w.... m....

    Not really

  15. h.... w....

    Yeah he was a genius and he may have been high as hell but the man was talented rest in heaven Ray Charles Robinson you did get a chance to sit down with Jamie Foxx who portrayed you sooo well in the movie at the part where he was wearing the white tank top for men and Ray was on the set of his own movie I thought it was awesome

  16. S.... A....

    Wooow she out lived him and Margie see there!!! Love her voice

    S.... A....

    👏👏

  17. F.... 2....

    Gives me goosebumps.

  18. I.... W....

    Ray charles , the genius of soul: This is a gospel song.as a child of gospel preachers stretching back to slavery, I remember this song all too well; the biblical question was, "what manner of man is this?"...jesus was doing astounding things for people: healing the sick and raising the dead: Ray charles didnt change a single syllable:so Mary Ann Fisher is amazed at what an astounding effect this lover of hers is having on her...

  19. Z.... ....

    Thank You

  20. H.... B....

    Beautifully haunting 🎶🎼🎵

    H.... B....

    Ry x Rexr

  21. T.... M....

    RIP RAY CHARLES

  22. P.... T....

    They don't even have soultress to even sing songs like this in 2019, ANYMORE

  23. F.... G....

    In the movie, ray told his wife she’s the only woman he’ll ever love . It was during the hospital scene when he held his first child . Lollll I could never be a side chick

  24. B.... M....

    Who what why when how wanna sea . What's I t worth . To know . Is it true necessary and productive. R U present ? I mean u asked. $? Pulled over or walking to. Be Mess in da walk through. Converting requires conversation. It's truthfully expensive to explain something needed when hospitality humbly is guilty of waste. Or freedom . Food speech arms amended to clothing and interest. Waite polls and attention. Thing I must earn aren't overpriced. It seems that I need a cover charge. Entertainment produces motive. Either it's the price or royalty . I mean atmosphere is right below the cloud of smoke. Mirrors break . Three tables. Three hundred people. Those shots came outta car. My baby's sitting. Two four maybe next tour . Money talks. My sister clowning second shift. I been fucking quiet. Watch my kids. They our children. Are nt they . My extras weren't free . No quero mucha nada . All right

  25. M.... F....

    "What kinda man are you?"

    I ain't no good... I'mma no good bastard! My mama told you I wasn't shit!!!

  26. D.... B....

    She was mad forreal busted his windshield on that new cadillac

  27. J.... W....

    😎🔥rip brother

  28. F.... B....

    Thanks for sharing😊

  29. A.... S....

    That piano sound at the beginning definitely came from the church!!!

  30. N.... ....

    OMG I love her voice in this!!!

  31. J.... L....

    I love this song

  32. A.... S....

    This reminds me of a song I used to sing in choir called The Uncloudy day"

  33. J.... M....

    Thanks for putting this out on YouTube! Mary Ann Fisher's voice gives me goose bumps - the most underrated artist of her time in my opinion.

  34. M.... D....

    Perfect. ❤

  35. F.... 1....

    Real shit

  36. J.... N....

    Feel they wrist to see if they fine😂😂😂😂😂

  37. S.... H....

    The arm mmmmm he did a good job he would have picked my mom.

  38. T.... R....

    I love their voices. Such good music compared to today with these rappers talking about killing and death lol

  39. I.... M....

    Side Chick anthem😂😂😂

  40. D.... ....

    You can always tell when a woman is singing about pain or a man. She sings like her life depends on it

  41. J.... B....

    they all knew he was married but she was the smart one because she left Marjorie got all caught up knocked up drugged up and then passed away

  42. S.... ....

    Ray got plenty pussy back then

  43. T.... W....

    The 🎶 music is gospel and the lyrics are sensuous and seductive!

  44. Z.... R....

    my fav ray charles hit the road jake

  45. �.... �....

    THIS IS MY SONG REACHING OUT TO JESUS AND GOD 2 BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTRARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!COWARDS!!!!!!!

  46. D.... C....

    My girl broke a couple of windows on his Twinkie mobile.

  47. �.... �....

    SING IT GIRL SING IT!

  48. M.... S....

    Maryanne is lucky Ray Charles had a wife like Della for a wife.She really could sing, I loved when she threw that brick in Ray’s car and she when she told Margie “ we talking about singing not hog calling” LOL!!

  49. T.... M....

    This song reminds me of Fallout 3

  50. 1.... ....

    Ms. Hendrix voice much better...and unique...

  51. N.... W....

    The movie "RAY" brought me here.

    N.... W....

    Same here

    N.... W....

    Narvia Williams same

  52. R.... D....

    Ty post. I play this sing 10 times a day I can't get enough of her amazing voice and I love Rays acoustic piano. Great combo bluesy and Sioulful. seen Ray the movie 50 times or more Jamie Foxx channeled Ray to play that part . He deserved Oscar. Made me fall in love with Ray Charles And his Music

  53. J.... T....

    I love this song. It definitely has that old Baptist feel to it

  54. L.... M....

    Thank you for sharing -- always loved this song!

  55. Q.... H....

    This song touches my soul

  56. C.... W....

    This song is everything... Gospel twist... MISSING Ray

  57. C.... A....

    i ben singing the song is in my head

  58. D.... B....

    My father saw Ray in concert, and the introduced Mary Ann Fisher as his wife. She was from my home state of Kentucky!

    D.... B....

    I've read that Mary Ann moved to Louisville, where she was already known as a local celebrity.

  59. R.... D....

    Ray slept with his back up singers... But he wasn’t leaving his Bee fa nobody... well he did love the other woman she had a baby for him

    R.... D....

    SHANNA DIXON he cared about margie...he LOVED DELLA BEE

    R.... D....

    He had a couple kids by marry Ann as well...I believe that's who he went back to after his wife left him

  60. E.... H....

    If Her voice don't sing the pride smooth off a nigga, he's either deaf or cold

  61. d.... s....

    That opening riff...Yes Lord Brotha Ray sure knew how to grab a lady's wrist!!! HE PUT IT ON HER LOL, Miss Mary Ann Fisher.

  62. M.... T....

    Aunjanue Ellis played MaryAnn Fisher. Regina King portrayed Margie Hendricks

  63. S.... L....

    what kind of man are you was performed by Ray Charles and Mary Ann Fisher I like this song it's so good to listen too and to dance too it should be a slow dance song Ray Charles and Mary Ann Fisher did a good job on this song stevinskie😎😎😎

  64. M.... ....

    What a voice Mary Ann...
    Happy Birthday Ray Charles 🎈
    With my Edit of "Shake Your Tail Feather": https://youtu.be/Q_7WeSjbziY ❗️

  65. E.... F....

    richielothian - 100% agreement! Thanks for posting her finest recording. "Solid Sender" never fit anyone more. She's another awesome, obscure talent who leaves us eternally hungry...

  66. E.... A....

    What is the name of this music style? It's wonderful!

    E.... A....

    Eduardo Alvarado L. Blues

    E.... A....

    Blues w/a Gospel Twist!

  67. J.... C....

    What kind of man are you
    Why do I love you so?
    What kind of man are you
    Yeah, yeah, when you love me no more?

    What kind of man are you
    Why can't I let you go?
    I wanna know, I wanna know
    I wanna know, yes, about you

    What kind of man are you?
    I just can't satisfy
    What kind of man are you?
    Oh yeah, no matter how I try

    What kind of man are you
    Why do you tell me lies?
    I wanna know, I wanna know
    I wanna know, yes, about you

    What kind of man are you?
    I'm always left alone
    What kind of man are you?
    How long can this go on?

    What kind of man are you?
    Oh, help me somebody
    You know right from wrong
    I wanna know, I wanna know
    I wanna know, yes, about you, oh yeah
    =D

  68. B.... D....

    Wow! I can't believe she's still alive at the blessed age of 94.

    B.... D....

    I thought she died in the movie and left ray charles child behind

    B.... D....

    @lala no that was Margie Hendricks.

    B.... D....

    lala no I thought that too

    B.... D....

    She died in 2004 at 81

    B.... D....

    @Nunya Bizz she died in 2004

  69. c.... P....

    Pure smooth soul voice

  70. c.... ....

    Love it xXx

  71. W.... R....

    Can't find live performances by the real Mary Anne Fisher

    W.... R....

    I don't know if they're live performances, but check out Mary Ann (no e) Fisher, there's selections all over Youtube.

  72. W.... R....

    Ray Charles had glaucoma

    W.... R....

    Wendy Risoli bbking bbkingbbkong

    W.... R....

    Wendy Risoli bn

  73. c.... o....

    i love this song ,she is singing her heart out and the backup is doing a great job of harmonizing pulling the whole song together

  74. P.... B....

    Sing it Mary Ann!

  75. J.... T....

    Ray was so churchy. You can hear the gospel influence in this all day long

  76. B.... B....

    her voice gives me goosebumps.
    💨💨💨

  77. G.... M....

    Que voz tan fantástica

  78. M.... G....

    a Fantastic recording..!! Mary Ann kicks it UP

  79. A.... H....

    was she the one who played MARGIE. AND OVERDOSED

  80. K.... L....

    A sultry, challenging question.

  81. D.... H....

    Totally awesome, a hidden gem in the music world. If the movie "Ray" had not have come out, none of us would know about this great lady singer.

  82. K.... B....

    Mary Ann Fischer...the queen bee from The 'Ville (Louisville)!

  83. b.... B....

    simplemente me encanta!

  84. m.... b....

    An amazing voice MaryAnn has

  85. k.... ....

    I agree with the looks! Not to mention the quality and style! Ironically, Master Ray had a good Eye for a looker!
    Thanks!

  86. I.... T....

    THat mmmmmm hmmmmmm

  87. e.... o....

    i love this song wow

    e.... o....

    edward oldman 5.

  88. C.... C....

    Mary Ann had a great pitching arm when she threw that a brick at Ray's new Buick.

    C.... C....

    That was an Oldsmobile not a Buick

    C.... C....

    Lol!!! lmao

    C.... C....

    +Ricky Lewis it was a Cadillac

  89. L.... R....

    thank you ass l put my self in the Lord 🙌 just lets me be 😁😌😷👃👀👂👂👀👃✌👉👈👍✋🐘🐞🐬🐢🐇🍀🎓💝🎶🎵🎼🎵🎶🎨📰🎹🎬

  90. D.... T....

    The actor for bee tho

  91. A.... A....

    thanks for sharing

  92. Q.... G....

    Dude a genius. He wrote a song for her describing the shit he was doing to her. He opened her eyes for her 😂 he so wrong. I love it

    Q.... G....

    “Opened his eyes” 🙃

    Q.... G....

    He wasn't born blind, but you ain't wrong lol

    Q.... G....

    Quita Gray you are so right that's true shit you talking about right here

    Q.... G....

    Cxddsa8

  93. A.... T....

    Mary ann is a lot prettier than Margie....

    A.... T....

    daniel jacobs what I just said jackass

    A.... T....

    Arnold hey yes its si true i love a lot this song

    A.... T....

    On the 🎥 " Ray" it shows Margie Hendricks dying at an early age, right after leaving the "Rayletts." However, the movie didn't reveal that Mary Ann Fisher had moved back to Kentucky, where she performed her solo acts until her death in 2004.

    A.... T....

    Prettier & all, they were both on the same side chick boat

  94. R.... R....

    Damn! Ray could be a cold ass bastard as Margie Hendricks implied in Ray(2004) Check out the scene between Jamie Foxx & Anjuane Ellis when he started paying more attention to Margie Hendricks (Regina King) than Mary Ann! Smashes the window of his car then hails a taxicab and hi tails it outta there!

  95. K.... B....

    Augusto and Naomi, the woman singing this song is Mary Ann Fisher not Margi Hendrix, she sang lead or the vocal response to the song Hit The Road Jack ,according to the movie, Margi and the group The Cookies came later and became the Raelettes later while recording and touring with him

  96. T.... ....

    poor girls..... ray still the shit though