Take your mind back, I don't know whenSometime when it always seemedTo be just us and themGirls that wore pinkAnd boys that wore blueBoys that always grew up better menThan me and you
What's a man now, what's a man meanIs he rough or is he ruggedIs he cultural and cleanNow it's all change, it's got to change moreCause we think it's getting betterBut nobody's really sure
And so it goes, go round againBut now and then we wonder who the real men are
See the nice boys, dancing in pairsGolden earring golden tanBlow-wave in the hairSure they're all straight, straight as a lineAll the gays are machoCan't you see their leather shine
You don't want to sound dumb, don't want to offendSo don't call me a fagotNot unless you are a friendThen if you're tall and handsome and strongYou can wear the uniform and I could play along
And so it goes, go round againBut now and then we wonder who the real men are
Time to get scared, time to change planDon't know how to treat a ladyDon't know how to be a manTime to admit, what you call defeatCause there's women running past you nowAnd you just drag your feet
Man makes a gun, man goes to warMan can kill and man can drinkAnd man can take a whoreKill all the blacks, kill all the redsAnd if there's war between the sexesThen there'll be no people left
And so it goes, go round againBut now and then we wonder who the real men are
