SOMETIMES THE LYRICS ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS ARE MORE CORRECT THAN THE ONES DISPLAYED BY GRACENOTE AS THE CURRENT VERSION. YOU MAY VIEW THESE LYRICS BY CLICKING ON THE LINK "SEE OTHER VERSIONS" IN THE ORANGE BOX ABOVE. {1}"Tin Man" was as the first single released from the album, Holiday, and it became the band's fourth top ten hit in the US, spending three weeks at #4 on the Billboard pop chart in November 1974. The song also reached #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in October of that year. The song's title and the lyrics that reference the Tin Woodsman are from book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, and the subsequent 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. In the story, a group of freinds, including the Tin Man are going to the city of Oz to ask the "great & powerful" wizard for things they feel they lack in thier lives. In the case of the Tin Man, he would like a heart, so he can love and be loved. The Cowardly Lion wants courage, the Scarecrow wants a.....MORE.....(all Tin Man track/recording details) ←