Real Men — текст песни (Joe Jackson)

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