You don't fool me with your tinted eyes and make-up
the firebird hides in shadow when you wake up
your golden hair is black
your jeans are tight but your hide is slack
try it on the company but you don't fool me.

Well I'd rather be a man than play my role like you do
I'd rather be a man than sin my soul like you do
I'd rather be a man than slave the way that you do
I'd rather be a man cause a man don't crawl like you do.

You don't fool me with your easy lies and fables
you won't see me in ten buck furs and sables
you sparkle like a snake
the wine is real but the glass if fake
blame it on the apple tree but you don't fool me.

Well I'd rather be a man than play my role like you do
I'd rather be a man than sin my soul like you do
I'd rather be a man than slave the way that you do
I'd rather be a man cause a man don't crawl like you do.

Your golden hair is black
your jeans are tight but your hide is slack
try it on the company but you don't fool me.

Well I'd rather be a man than play my role like you do
I'd rather be a man than sin my soul like you do
I'd rather be a man than slave the way that you do
I'd rather be a man cause a man don't crawl like you do.

I'd rather be a man cause a man don't crawl like you do

I'd rather be a man cause I wouldn't wanna be like you
 

Show me a promised land and I will go anywhere
and if you ask me to take my time I'll wait for years
I'll hold on though the whole world tells me I'm wrong
someday, someday
but it seems so long.

Ask me to prove my love and I will do anything
so if they turn off the light of the sun why should I care
I'll hold on thought the whole world tells me I'm wrong
then in the morning as you leave me
you touch my hand to show how much you care
but just when I need you
you won't be there.

I'll hold on but I need a shoulder to lean on
why if you love me must you leave me
why are you going anywhere
why must our love be something in the air
cause just when I need you
you won't be there
you won't be there.
  

Well it was only a game she was mine for the asking
and I'd figured the whole thing out
when she told me her name it was more than a feeling
there wasn't any doubt.

Well it felt so good it was hard to break it
too much for me to explain
but in a matter of time I'm gonna be myself again.

You've been
winding me up too long
I'm over my head is it day or night
cause woman you ain't so strong
but you caught me by surprise
burned me with your eyes
cut me down to size.

Well it was only a game she was only a number
but I figured it out all wrong
every time that I said I'll move on tomorrow
I hung around too long
well it felt so good it was too hard to break it
too much before me to face
now I got nowhere to run she knows my every hidin' place.

You've been
winding me up too long
I'm over my head is it day or night
cause woman you ain't so strong
but you caught me by surprise
burned me with your eyes
cut me down to size
saw through my disguise.

Winding me up too long
I'm over my head is it day or night
cause woman you ain't so strong
but you caught me by surprise
burned me with your eyes
cut me down to size
beat me to the prize
hurt me with your lies
burned me with your eyes
cut me down to size
saw through my disguise.
  

Some are born to lose their heads
and some are born to use them
and some will never know their ends
and some are born to choose them.

Don't let your fantasies be blinded by the light
you don't have to save your wildest dreams for the night.

Don't hold back, don't hold back, don't hold back, reach out
touch the sky with your mind's eye, don't be afraid to reach out
some you win and some you lose
and some will bring you sorrow
some are born to lead the rest
and some are born to follow
don't rely on miracles to open any door
and don't let a shadow be your guide anymore.

Don't hold back, don't hold back, don't hold back, reach out
touch the sky with your mind's eye, don't be afraid to reach out
ride the wave of destiny
rise above the crest
and believe everything that happens to you happens for the best
don't allow the world of men
to turn your head no more
cause if you can't let yourself go
what are you saving yourself for?

Don't hold back, don't hold back, don't hold back, reach out
touch the sky with your mind's eye, don't be afraid to reach out.

Don't let your fantasies be blinded by the light
for you don't have to save your wildest dreams for the night.

Don't hold back, don't hold back, don't hold back, reach out
touch the sky with your mind's eye, don't be afraid to reach out.
 

I prefer to spend my time in solitary ways
keeping myself to myself
can't pretend that it's been easy since you went away
living with somebody else.

If you should change your mind
if you should turn around and look behind
if you could see me the way I used to be
at the risk of bringing back the sorrow and despair
I would do it all again
holding on to memories and pretending not to care
knowing that the show was soon to end
if only I could change your mind
if only you would change
if I had the chance I'd do it all again
I would do it all again.

I remember windy shores on melancholy days
drifting along with the tide
and the joy of simple things and ordinary ways
taking it all in my stride.

If you should change your mind
if I could let you see what lies behind
if you could see need me the way it used to be.

Even for the moment of the happy times we shared
living in my dreams since then
at the risk of losing only castles in the air
come with me and we can try again
oh, if I could change your mind.

Can't pretend it's been lonely since you went away
oh, if I could change your mind.