Lyrics Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega

Men Will Be Men

Men will be men and they'll call me the governor

I'll walk through the bar and I'll buy the next round

Because this is my ship and I say it's my destiny

And we'll all go up and go down, we go down, go down

Through the town and back up through the avenues

And into the places where people don't stay

Go visit the king and then leave through the window

Go hang with the gang and get lost in the fray

Andy's a saint or a savage, I forget

Depends on the day and if he's eaten yet

He's something to see when he's first out of bed

Not that I'd know, I've just heard it said

Said that men will be men and they'll call me the governor

I'll walk through the bar and I'll buy the next round

Because this is my ship and I say it's my destiny

And we'll all go up and go down, we go down, go down

Through the town and back up through the avenues

And into the places where people don't stay

Go visit the king and then leave through the window

Go hang with the gang and get lost in the fray

Spider's the guy to handle the gun

He'd show me how, but I don't want one

He's oh-so polite for a second-story man

And he's changed his spots as much as anyone can

We know men will be men and they'll call me the governor

I'll walk through the bar and I'll buy the next round

Because this my ship and I say it's my destiny

And we'll all go up and go down, we go down, go down

Through the town and back up through the avenues

And into the places where people don't stay

Go visit the king and then leave through the window

Go hang with the gang and get lost in the fray

Come and sit with the whores and admire the view

Drink down these beers, I think you've had a few

Yes and don't look at me, I'm not selling today

Over the crowd hear the bartender say

Say that men will be men and they'll call me the governor

I'll walk through the bar and I'll buy the next round

Because this is my ship and I say it's my destiny

And we'll all go up and go down, we go down, go down

Through the town and back up through the avenues

And into the places where people don't stay

Go visit the king and then leave through the window

Go hang with the gang and get lost in the fray

Men will be men and they'll call me the governor

I'll walk through the bar and I'll buy the next round

Because this is my ship and I say it's my destiny

And we'll all go up and go down, we go down, go down...