Real Men

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Joe Jackson - from ÔÇŁNight And DayÔÇŘ (1982)



Take your mind back - I donÔÇÖt 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

WhatÔÇÖs a man now - whatÔÇÖs a man mean

Is he rough or is he rugged

Is he cultural and clean

Now itÔÇÖs all change - itÔÇÖs got to change more

ÔÇ˙Cause we think itÔÇÖs getting better

But nobodyÔÇÖs 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 theyÔÇÖre all straight - straight as a line

All the gays are macho

CanÔÇÖt you see their leather shine

You donÔÇÖt want to sound dumb - donÔÇÖt want to offend

So donÔÇÖt call me a faggot

Not unless you are a friend

Then if youÔÇÖre 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

DonÔÇÖt know how to treat a lady

DonÔÇÖt know how to be a man

Time to admit - what you call defeat

ÔÇ˙Cause thereÔÇÖs 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 thereÔÇÖs war between the sexes

Then thereÔÇÖll be no people left

And so it goes - go round again

But now and then we wonder who the real men are