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last of the real men

Eyes that smile and lips

And I was always too far gone

You found the strength

To carry on

Sorry to say I'm not that strong

 

I was on the way home

Sails for the desert sand

Waiting for changes in the weather

All the seas have dried

All the tears I've cried

Let's grow apart

While lovers grow together

I remember when I was young

And you bought me my first gun

A nice shiny one

You said 'go ahead son

Being young is so much fun'

So much fun

Years go by 

And I'm behind the wheel 

Of my first car

With my first girl

On my first date

And she says

Go as fast as you can

Got to be a real man

And outside the night is alive

And inside you and I

Discuss coincidences and chances

That somehow hide the essential difference 

Between you and I

You say you don't want to get too close too soon

Funny then to find you here in my room

Let's grow apart

While lovers grow together

Do you think it's wrong to dream

Of an ex-lover?

Occasionally

Think of things nostalgically?

Do you you dream of your ex-lover

Rarely or not at all

Not at all

Do you think it's wrong

To dream of an ex-lover?

Occasionally

Watch things turn to fantasy

Is it wrong?

Of course it is

Of course it is

Of course it is

But what will I do with these memories?

What will I do with these memories?

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

(three...four..)

I remember sitting on a wall 

With your two good looking friends

Waving goodbye to two blond men

You'll never see again

 

You say

'There go the last of the real men'

And you turn to me 

And say 'I consider you a friend'

You said I was the strangest one

I said well we'll keep an open mind

You said 'keep an eye on the skies'

Those aren't stars they're satellites

'Those aren't planes you see at night'

Well the truth is out there

And so are you

I was on the way home

Sails for the desert sand

Waiting for changes in the weather

All the seas have dried

As your culture dies

Let's grow apart

While cities grow together

Do you think it's wrong

To dream of an ex-lover?

Occasionally

Think of things nostalgically?

Do you you dream of your ex-lover

Rarely or not at all

Not at all

Yea

There go the last of the real men she said

Where have they all gone?

Well you wont' find them on this wall

This wall you're sitting on

They're heading south

They're all mouth

Engrossed in porno-scenes and magazines

There go the last of the real men

There go the last of the real men she said

Where have they all gone?

Well you wont' find them on this wall

This wall you're sitting on

You need some man to tell you lies

Take you in and compromise

There go the last of the real men

Do you think it's wrong to dream

Of an ex-lover?

Occasionally

Think of things nostalgically?

Do you you dream of your ex-lover

Rarely or not at all?

Not at all.

Do you think that it's wrong

To dream of an ex-lover?

Occasionally

Watch things turn to fantasy

Is it wrong?

Of course it is

Of course it is

Of course it is

But what will I do with these memories?

So kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

Kiss her kiss her kiss her for me

 

©Tobias Zaldua 1999

Taken from the album 'get ahead' 1999

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