take your mind back   i don't know when   sometime when it always seemed to be just us and them   girls that wore pink   boys that wore blue   boys that always grew up better men   than me and you      what's a man now   what's a man mean   is he rough or is he rugged   cultural and clean   now it's all changed   it's got to change more   we think it's getting better   but nobody's 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 they're all straight, straight as a line   all the guys are macho   see their leather shine      you don't want to sound dumb   don't want to offend   so don't call me a faggot   not unless you are a friend   then if you're tall   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   don't know how to treat a lady   don't know how to be a man   time to admit   what you call defeat   'cause there's 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   if there's war between the sexes   then there'll be no people left      and so it goes, go round again   but now and then we wonder who the real men are   and so it goes, go round again   but now and then we wonder who the real men are   and so it goes, go round again   but now and then we wonder who the real men are