Take your mind back - I don't know when
Sometime when it always seemed
To be just us and them 
Girls that wore pink 
And 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 
Is he cultural and clean 
Now it's all change - it's got to change more
'Cause 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 gays are macho 
Can't you 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 and 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 
And 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