Story Behind The Song

Lewis's music came first...as performed by his jazz combo, from which McElhone extracted a lyric line and the words. McElhone/Kanaan/Lewis all updated the song with a new verse and a new break.

Song Description

Sophisticated independent woman wants a man to take care of her...on her terms. A wry modern take on the female/male relationship.

Lyrics

HANDYMAN
POWERS MCELHONE | STEVE LEWIS | DEBBIE KANAAN

I gotta try to find myself a HANDYMAN
Somebody who could fix a shelf or oil the fan
and when I?m in the mood to swing a little
Somebody would be there to play second fiddle for me
A HANDYMAN who knows how to manhandle me

I don?t know how to live without a HANDYMAN
Someone to take the garbage out, scrub the pots and pans
And when I get that itchy-bitchy feeling [or itchy-witchy]
Somebody to be there to dance on the ceiling with me
A HANDYMAN who knows how to manhandle me

A very special individual I can teach
How to take a lonely lady out on the town
Who could scratch my ba-a-ack where I can?t reach
Who would be there just to zip me up or zip me down

I gotta find a guy to call my HANDYMAN
Somebody who would fit into my master plan
A man who?d be around to light the oven
Somebody to be there to give me the lovin? I need
A HANDYMAN who knows how to manhandle me

Reprise First Bridge, then?do this takeout
Someone I can call my own HANDYMAN
Who never leaves me alone, he?s my HANDYMAN
And when I get my hands on that HANDYMAN
I?ll teach him everything he needs to know

I gotta try to find myself a HANDYMAN
Somebody who can play real hard and dance the dance
And when I get that risky-frisky feeling
He?ll be there to give me the sexual healing I need
A HANDYMAN who knows how to manhandle me
A handy-dandy HANDYMAN for me
A handy-dandy HANDYMAN for me

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