Bradley Hathaway - Manly Man lyrics

rate me

I don't want my long hair

Pretty green eyes with

No I do not have on mascara

Eyelashes

Skinny figure

Undersized T-shirt

Hip

Shake

Too

Much

When I walk

Confuse anybody...

I am a Manly Man!

Within this sissy frame

Obviously rib laden chest

Lies a heart

That beats

To the drum of a

Native American ritual dancing

Wildness

It pumps an evercascading supply of untamedness

That a herd of wild mustangs have yet to grasp.

If danger lurks about, I will seek it out.

If adventure abounds, there I will be found.

If a damsel be in distress

I will show her who is best.

I am a Manly Man!

Because I don't flush

And I leave the lid up.

I drive a nineteen

Eighty-eight

Ford Pick-up truck.

Girls don't break up with me

I break up with them first!

(Except the last time, it didn't really work out like

That )

I don't shave the hair on my face

(Because I still can't grow facial hair yet, but when I

Can

I won't.)

Because beards are tough.

I fart

Burp

Spit

When I want

Not caring who's nearby

Disrespect my momma

And I will punch you in the eye!

I am a Manly Man!

Or am I?

I tell my guy friends that I love them.

And sometimes, sometimes, I even hug them.

No because I'm gay. But because I love em'.

When I watched Bambi

I cried.

When my mema gets mad

I still run and hide.

Like David I want to be a man after God's own heart.

I'm not there yet, but I'm past the start.

And when people talk

I try to listen

A spirit of compassion

That's my vision.

Surely I am a Manly Man

I want to be loved

And have love

And give Love.

(And not just that romantic kind either)

Although I am looking for that beauty

Not helpless

But wants to be rescued.

The Damsel in distress

Man

Woman

Myth

True.

I will fight for her.

Climb the highest tower for her

Love her.

Share with her.

Delight in her.

Be her warrior.

Her protector.

She will be my crown

And I will be hers.

My Masculinity will be passed down

And affirmed to my sons.

Each of my daughters will know they are lovely

And deserving of authentic romance.

Society tells me all day long

That I have defined manhood completely wrong.

But you ask any honest man and he will agree

You ask any honest woman and she too will see

That I am a Manly Man!