Real Men
Joe Jackson"Real Men" is a song by Joe Jackson, released in 1982 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:25 long and contains 42 lines and 290 words.
Lyrics
0:16Take your mind back I dont know when
0:20Sometime when it always seemed
0:23To be just us and them
0:25Girls that wore pink
0:27And boys that wore blue
0:29Boys that always grew up better men
0:31Than me and you
0:37Whats a man now whats a man mean
0:41Is he rough or is he rugged
0:43Is he cultural and clean
0:46Now its all change its got to change more
0:50Cause we think its getting better
0:52But nobodys really sure
0:55And so it goes go round again
0:58But now and then we wonder who the real men are
1:30See the nice boys dancing in pairs
1:34Golden earring golden tan
1:36Blow-wave in the hair
1:38Sure theyre all straight straight as a line
1:42All the gays are macho
1:44Cant you see their leather shine
1:50You dont want to sound dumb dont want to offend
1:55So dont call me a faggot
1:57Not unless you are a friend
1:59Then if youre tall and handsome and strong
2:04You can wear the uniform and I could play along
2:09And so it goes go round again
2:12But now and then we wonder who the real men are
2:44Time to get scared time to change plan
2:48Dont know how to treat a lady
2:49Dont know how to be a man
2:52Time to admit what you call defeat
2:56Cause theres women running past you now
2:58And you just drag your feet
3:05Man makes a gun man goes to war
3:09Man can kill and man can drink
3:11And man can take a whore
3:13Kill all the blacks kill all the reds
3:17And if theres war between the sexes
3:19Then therell be no people left
3:22And so it goes go round again
3:25But now and then we wonder who the real men are
Take your mind back I dont know when Sometime 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 Whats a man now whats a man mean Is he rough or is he rugged Is he cultural and clean Now its all change its got to change more Cause we think its getting better But nobodys 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 theyre all straight straight as a line All the gays are macho Cant you see their leather shine You dont want to sound dumb dont want to offend So dont call me a faggot Not unless you are a friend Then if youre 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 Dont know how to treat a lady Dont know how to be a man Time to admit what you call defeat Cause theres 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 theres war between the sexes Then therell 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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