Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes
like cartoons from other people's lives
I start to wonder what it takes to be a man
Well, I learned to drink
and I learned to smoke
and I learned to tell a dirty joke
Oh, if that's all there is then there's no point for me
Oh, so please can I ask just why we're alive?
'Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time
and if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man
So you stumble into town
and hold your stomach in
Show them what you've got
though they've seen everything
Yeah, you're a beauty
but they've seen your type before
You've got no need but still you want
so go and book that restaurant
The wine will flow and then you'll just fly away
Oh, so please can I ask just why we're alive?
'Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time
and if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man
Oh, tell me 'bout it
And please can I ask just why we're alive?
'Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time
and if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Oh tell, c'mon, tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man
To a man
To a man
To a man
That's what I am
Success is kind of a manly thing - you have access then to all of the material trappings of a "man". You can get yourself a Rolex watch if you want, and you can get a really fast car, and hang around with dusky women. If you look at all the things in advertising that seem to represent a successful man, they're pretty childish. I just don't subscribe to that macho idea of what a man is supposed to be.