Leo Vroman (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. Vroman was born in Gouda and studied biology in Utrecht. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he fled to London, and from there he traveled to the Dutch East Indies. He finished his studies in Batavia. After the Japanese occupied Indonesia he was interned and stayed in several prisoner-of-war camps. In the camp Tjimahi he befriended the authors Tjalie Robinson and Rob Nieuwenhuys.
After the war, Vroman went to the United States to work in New York as a hematology researcher. He gained American citizenship and lived in Fort Worth until his death in 2014, aged 98.
In 1946, he published his first poems in the Netherlands, and since then has won almost every Dutch literary poetry prize possible. In 1970 Vroman was awarded the Individual Science Award by Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. In 2003, his former high school, de Goudse ScholenGemeenschap (GSG), changed its name into de Goudse ScholenGemeenschap Leo Vroman (GSG Leo Vroman).
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
And he's bucking, and braying, and pawing at the floor
(How much longer?)
And he's howling with pain, crawling up the walls
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
And he's weak with evil, and broken by the world
(How much longer?)
And he's shouting your name, and asking for more
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
Loverman, since the world began
Forever, amen, till the end of time, yeah
Take off that dress, ooh, I'm coming down, yeah
I'm your loverman, yeah 'cause I am what I am
What I am, what I am ,what I am
L is for love, baby
O is for only you that I do
V is for loving virtually everything that you are
E is for loving almost everything that you do
R is for rape me
M is for murder me
A is for answering all of my prayers
N is for knowing your loverman's going
To be the answer to all of yours
Loverman, till the bitter end
While the empires burn down
Forever and ever, and ever, ever, amen
I'm your loverman so help me, baby
So help me, baby 'cause I am what I am
What I am, what I am, what I am
I'm your loverman
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door
(How much longer?)
With his straining sex in his jumping paw
(How much longer?)
Ooh, there's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
And he's old, and he's stupid, and he's hungry, and
he's sore
And he's blind, and he's lame, and he's dirty, and he's
poor
Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor
Loverman, ha ha, and here I stand
Forever, amen 'cause I am what I am
What I am, what I am, hey
Forgive me, baby, my hands are tied
And I got no choice, no, no, no, no
I got no choice, no choice at all
I'll say it again
L is for love, baby
O is for oh, yes I do
V is for virtue, so I ain't gonna hurt you
E is for even if you want me to
R is for render unto me, baby
M is for that which is mine
A is for any old how, darling and
N is for any old time
Loverman, yeah, yeah, yeah
I got a masterplan, yeah to take off your dress, yeah
And be your man, be your man, yeah
Seize the throne, ha, ha, seize the mantle
Seize that crown, yeah, 'cause I am what I am
What I am, what i am, which i am,
I'm your loverman
There's a devil laying by your side
(How much longer?)
There's a devil laying by your side
(How much longer?)
You might think he's asleep but take a look at his eyes
(How much longer?)
And he wants you, darling, to be his bride
(How much longer?)
Yeah, there's a devil laying by your side
(How much longer?)
Loverman, loverman, loverman
I'll be your loverman till the end of the time
Till the empires burn down forever, amen
I'll be your loverman, I'll be your loverman
I'm your loverman, I'm your loverman
Yeah, I'm your loverman, I'm your loverman
Loverman, I'm your loverman
I'm your loverman, I'm your loverman
Yeah, I'm your loverman, yes, I'm your loverman
Loverman, loverman, loverman forever, amen
Loverman