You talk about crazy affairs
 You talk about your life as though it mattered
 You get attention 'cos you block the stairs
 Bragging about some bottles you have shattered
 Well I met a man who really lives
 He really does it all
 But what really matters is the heart he gives
 He makes your talk seem small

 When a man is a man
 He doesn't act to a plan
 He don't have to perform like John Wayne in some feature flick
 man is a man
 When he can offer his hand
 Not afraid of appearing insane if he can't break a brick
 I know a man who's a man

 Can't you sometimes crack a smile
 Do you think if you did we [bad word] and tell
 I know one day your big villian style
 Will collapse as they turn the key in the door of your cell

 I know a man who was once like you
 But he opened his heart
 No one is really bad right through
 He's just another part

 When a man is a man
 And he drinks 'til he's canned
 He can drop to the floor, he can weep, we won't ask the price
 man is a man
 He can fall he can stand
 We won't love him more if he keeps his soul on the ice
 I know a man who's a man

 Every one of us is looking for fame
 He's a looker
 He's a dresser
 He's a genius under pressure
 I know a man who could tighten your rein
 He's a father
 He's a brother
 He's a rock
 He's a lover

 He's a man he's a man
 He doesn't act to a plan
 He don't have to get hitched to a train in some muscle beach trick
 man is a man
 When he can offer his hand
 Not afraid of apprearing insane if he can't break a brick
 Be a man who's a man