Real Men

take your mind back
i don't know when
some time when it always seemed
to be just us and them
girls that wore pink
and boys that wore blue
boys that always grew up better men
than me and you

what's a man now?
what's a man mean?
is he rough or is he rugged?
is he cultural and clean?
now it's all changed
it's got to change more
beause we think it's getting better
nut nobody's really sure

and so it goes
go 'round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are

see the nice boys dancing in pairs
golden earring golden tan
blow-wave in the hair
sure they're all straight
straight as a line
all the guys are macho
can't you see their leather shine?

you don't want to sound dumb don't want to offend
so don't call me a faggot
not unless you are a friend
then if you're tall and handsome and strong
you can wear the uniform and i could play along

and so it goes
go 'round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are

time to get scared time to change plan
don't know how to treat a lady
don't know how to be a man
time to admit what you call defeat
beause there's women running past you now
and you just drag your feet

man makes a gun man goes to war
man can kill and man can drink
and man can take a whore
kill all the blacks kill all the reds
and if there's war between the sexes
then there'll be no people left

and so it goes
go 'round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are

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