real men

There's nothing else I wanted in life more
Than not to be a team switcher
I wanted to be the team leader
I'm sorry that I never watched football with you, dad
I know you wanted that so bad
I could've been everything
I could've been the kid that everybody liked
But that's not me
'Cuz who I am is somebody who likes to have fun when they want to
Not when they have to

'Cuz real men don't cry
Real men keep it all inside
Even when they can't
Real men don't say goodbye
And real men aren't shy like I am
I wanna be a real man
I wanna do just what you can
But I just can't
You know that I just can't

Maybe you're one of me
Even though you swore that you weren't
I can see through your lies
All you gotta do is tell me, baby
Then I can leave you alone for the rest of the year
Every time I think of you, I call you up
But you don't answer, was it something I said
Or something I did?
All I know is that you're just like me
You're not a real man either
'Cuz real men don't cry
Real men keep it all inside
Even when they can't
Real men don't say goodbye
And real men aren't shy like I am
I wanna be a real man
I wanna do just what you can
But I just can't
You know that I just can't

I can see right through you, darlin'
You're skin and bones, just like me
But you're not alone in this battle that you're going into
All by yourself

'Cuz real men don't cry
Real men keep it all inside
Even when they can't
Real men don't say goodbye
And real men aren't shy like I am
I wanna be a real man
I wanna do just what you can
But I just can't
You know that I just can't