What Makes A Man Lyrics - Marc Almond

My mum and I we live alone 

A great apartment is our home 

In fairhome towers 

I have to keep me company 

Two dogs, a cat, a parakeet 

Some plants and flowers 

I help my mother with the chores 

I wash, she dries, I do the floors 

We work together 

I shop and cook and sew a bit 

Though mum does too I must admit 

I do it better 

At night I work in a strange bar 

Impersonating every star 

I'm quite deceiving 

The customers come in with doubt 

And wonder what I'm all about 

But leave believing 

I do a very special show 

Where I am nude from head to toe 

After stripteasing 

Each night the men look so surprised 

I change my sex before their eyes 

Tell me if you can 

What makes a man a man 

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At 3 o'clock or so I meet 

With friends to have a bite to eat 

And conversation 

We love to empty out our hearts 

With every subject from the arts 

To liberation 

We love to pull apart someone 

And spread some gossip just for fun 

Or start a rumour 

We let our hair down, so to speak 

And mock ourselves with tongue-in-cheek 

And inside humour 

So many times we have to pay 

For having fun and being gay 

It's not amusing 

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There's always those that spoil our games 

By finding fault and calling names 

Always accusing 

They draw attention to themselves 

At the expense of someone else 

It's so confusing 

Yet they make fun of how I talk 

And imitate the way I walk 

Tell me if you can 

What makes a man a man 

My masquerade comes to an end 

And I go home to bed again 

Alone and friendless 

I close my eyes, I think of him 

I fantasise what might have been 

My dreams are endless 

We love each other but it seems 

The love is only in my dreams 

It's so one sided 

But in this life I must confess 

The search for love and hapiness 

Is unrequited 

I ask myself what I have got 

Of what I am and what I'm not 

What have I given 

The answers come from those who make 

The rules that some of us must break 

Just to keep living 

I know my life is not a crime 

I'm just a victim of my time 

I stand defenceless 

Nobody has the right to be 

The judge of what is right for me 

Tell me if you can 

What make a man a man 

Tell me if you can 

Tell me if you can 

Tell me if you can 

What makes a man a man