Be a Man

I wasn't born to stand no six-foot-four
I'll never be a lean two-twenty-five
I'll be there when you need me
But I'm never gonna be the toughest man alive

I live by my wits and not by my fists
I'm an easy going guy, not too tightly wound
I get by, by getting along
And if I don't look for trouble, find it don't get found

There's more than one way for a man to be strong
And what's right for a fight is sometimes just all wrong
Some people think that a movie-star stand
Is all that it takes, to be a man, to be a man

I know a lot of guys, always itching for a fight
Working on the job or back home with their wives
They live by the sword; ain't nothing you can do
It's the way they go at everything that comes into their lives

But staying afraid ain't wanting to stay
You're not being a man; I don't care what you say
Some people think that a heavy hand
Is all that it takes, to be a man, to be a man