Well, all those nights they hit rock bottom   The songs they sang, well, we forgot 'em   You could hear them play with shaky hands   Guitars strung up with rubber bands      Singing, do you want a man of steel   Or do you want a man that's real?   They used to play in the courts of kings   Now they're only made of steel when they're on steel strings      They used to be on every schoolgirl's wall   And they never dropped the beat at all   They could make it soar, they could make it hot   Once they got started they could never stop      Singing, do you want a man of steel   Or do you want a man that's real?   Some of them hide when the doorbell rings   They're only made of steel when they're on steel strings      Said, playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings      You expecting maybe Superman?   The best they do is the best they can   Now the manager's doing time in jail   The pink Cadillac is up for sale      And they're singing, do you want a man of steel   Or do you want a man that's real?   They try their hands at a thousand things   They're only made of steel when they're on steel strings      Yeah, they're playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Just playing the man on steel strings      Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings   Playing the man on steel strings